I am surprised and disappointed that you have chosen to repeat the figure of £350 million per week, in connection with the amount that might be available for extra public spending when we leave the European Union. This confuses gross and net contributions. It also assumes that payments currently made to the UK by the EU, including for example for the support of agriculture and scientific research, will not be paid by the UK government when we leave. It is a clear misuse of official statistics.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am surprised and disappointed that you have chosen to repeat the figure of £350 million per week, in connection with the amount that might be available for extra public spending when we leave the European Union. This confuses gross and net contributions. It also assumes that payments currently made to the UK by the EU, including for example for the support of agriculture and scientific research, will not be paid by the UK government when we leave. It is a clear misuse of official statistics." in the context of ""Open letter to Boris Johnson" from David Norgrove, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority (17 September 2017)Norgrove, David (17 September 2017), Letter from Sir David Norgrove to Foreign Secretary, at: 1 April 2020" to mean that wisdom is timeless.