The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Nick Timothy MP about costs associated with Illegal Migration Act

20 January 2025 · Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority

The letter, dated 20 January 2025, replies to correspondence of 5 November 2024. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Letter from Sir Robert Chote to Nick Timothy MP – costs associated with Illegal Migration Act; it links to 3 official records. Below are 2 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“Having discussed this issue with the Home Office, we established that the £700 million of costs are not included in the estimated £7 billion of savings outlined in the Impact Assessment and that they cover different time periods.”

“It is important that Government correspondence is clear and transparent on issues of great public interest, referring precisely to published data.”

From Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 20 January 2025. Read the full letter.

The words the letter quotes

The letter quotes 1 passage from the public record:

“Two and a half years after the previous Government launched it, I can report that [the Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership ] has already cost the British taxpayer £700 million… Making this one simple change will save the taxpayer an estimated £7 billion over the next 10 years.”

Source named in the letter: Home Secretary told Parliament

Records the letter links to

• Home Secretary told Parliament
• costs related to UK-Rwanda Partnership
• Impact Assessment (legislation.gov.uk)

Correspondence

• The letter it answered: Nick Timothy MP to Sir Robert Chote – costs associated with Illegal Migration Act (5 November 2024)

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