The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Kieran Mullan MP about statistics on criminal records
The letter, dated 14 February 2025, replies to correspondence of 14 January 2025. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Letter from Sir Robert Chote to Kieran Mullan MP – statistics on criminal records
; it links to 2 official records. Below are 3 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.
What the UK Statistics Authority wrote
“As summarised within the release, there are a number of limitations for these data and the figure of ‘one in four’ should only be used as a high-level estimate.”
“Your additional concerns related to claims made in an article published by The Times on 9 January 2025.”
“We have raised this matter with Lord Timpson’s office.”
From Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 14 February 2025. Read the full letter.
The words the letter quotes
The letter quotes 1 passage from the public record:
“The criminal justice system exists to keep the public safe, but it should not hold back the one in four working-age people in the UK with a criminal record from getting jobs.”
Source named in the letter: House of Lords on 24 July 2024
Records the letter links to
Correspondence
- The letter it answered: Kieran Mullan MP to Sir Robert Chote – statistics on criminal records (14 January 2025)
More on Kieran Mullan.
Receipt
| Read from | https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/letter-from-sir-robert-chote-to-kieran-mullan-mp-statistics-on-criminal-records/ |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 92b68a336a02bb62fcd0a0db22b93500dd41569d3aa270d600aa5d9256ac2f2d |
| PDF on the letter page | https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Letter-from-Sir-Robert-Chote-to-Kieran-Mullan-MP--statistics-on-criminal-records.pdfe509eff8120f37fbb25d79aa75e2f09ec51853bd81c3870752e422d118d5a446 |