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Medium Term Expenditure Framework => Public expenditure management => Topic started by: John Short on November 20, 2013, 17:57:19 GMT

Title: Manipulation of Performance Data - caveat emptor
Post by: John Short on November 20, 2013, 17:57:19 GMT

I suspect this Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) investigation on Crime Statistics might be worth following given the newspaper reports of the attached hearings below.  It may be a sobering final report, given the suggested manipulation of statistics, for those looking for SMART indicators linked to performance.

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=14214

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/public-administration-select-committee/inquiries/parliament-2010/crime-statistics/

Title: Re: Manipulation of Performance Data - caveat emptor
Post by: petagny on November 26, 2013, 16:08:18 GMT

Here's Simon Jenkins in crime stats.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/21/police-crime-figures-meaningless-ban-them