The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Stephen Kinnock MP about asylum backlogs

23 March 2023 · Sir Robert Chote, UK Statistics Authority

The letter, dated 23 March 2023, replies to correspondence of 21 December 2022. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Response from Sir Robert Chote to Stephen Kinnock MP – asylum backlogs; it links to 8 official records. Below are 2 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“I apologise for the delay in responding, as we were attempting to confirm with Ministers the basis of the figures cited.”

“I have engaged with their offices to bring this to their attention and share the UK Statistics Authority’s expectations for the use of official statistics and data in public debate.”

From Sir Robert Chote, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 23 March 2023. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• Illegal Immigration (hansard.parliament.uk)
• Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living
• Asylum Backlog (hansard.parliament.uk)
• The work of the UK Border Agency (April–July 2011)
• Correspondence from UK Border Agency to the Chair of the Committee
• ICIBI report of legacy asylum and migration cases, November 2012
• Asylum and resettlement datasets
• Asy_Do3: Asylum applications awaiting a decision

Correspondence

• The letter it answered: Letter from Stephen Kinnock MP to Ed Humpherson – asylum backlogs (21 December 2022)

Related key figures

• Asylum claims in the UK

More on Stephen Kinnock.

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