Statistics and Registration Service Bill

The issue of public confidence comes down to how politicians manipulate the statistics that they are given. The hon. Lady is right in saying that if knife crime is on the increase, Ministers should be honest enough to say, ““Knife crime is on the increase, but break-ins are in decline.”” They should give all the figures in context. The problem lies in the fact that politicians tend to give the most favourable figure rather than showing the true picture.