![]() The statistics regulator wrote to PLP on 10 June to say that Cart judicial review data supplied by the MoJ to the IRAL was, even by the MoJ’s admission, too limited, and that the analysis applied to that data by the IRAL was “overly simplistic”. Office for Statistics Regulation: JR data based on “overly simplistic” analysis This evidence should simply be published in full so there can be an informed debate.” This level of secrecy is unnecessary and undermines confidence in the process. “Transparent policy-making is essential in constitutionally important reform. The claim that publication would undermine collective cabinet responsibility seems very difficult to sustain. “There is a clear public interest in making these submissions available for public scrutiny. In the light of the letter from the OSR, the case for publishing all the unseen Government submissions and data has just become even more compelling. ![]() “Just a few days before the OSR wrote to us, the Ministry of Justice refused to publish the Government’s own submissions to the IRAL. Correspondence we received from the OSR confirms that. Joe Tomlinson, Public Law Project Research Director, said: “The Government is using incorrect data to justify reforms that will restrict how it, and future governments, can be held to account. ![]()
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