Major victory in Parliament as Full Fact supporters ensure MPs start to fix broken corrections system
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FACT CHECKS
** PMQs migrant return claim scrutinised ([link removed])
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At Prime Minister’s Questions on 18 October, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that “we are returning thousands more people this year than we have in the past.”
We’ve asked Number 10 what specific time period he was referring to, and whether his comments related specifically to people whose asylum applications had failed, or all people removed from the UK.
The number of people returned from the UK has been increasing since 2020, but remains lower compared to longer-term figures.
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** Getting to the root of Labour’s claim about children being admitted to A&E for tooth decay ([link removed])
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During his Labour party conference speech shadow health secretary Wes Streeting claimed that “The number one cause of hospital admissions among children is tooth decay”. We’ve looked into the claim and found that it doesn’t tell the whole story.
For children aged five and over, this claim is correct. However, if you look at children aged one to 17, the top two causes of hospital admissions in 2022/23 were viral infection and acute tonsillitis, then tooth decay.
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** MP’s remarks on childhood obesity corrected ([link removed])
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Following an intervention by Full Fact, Conservative MP Suzanne Webb’s office confirmed that she misspoke in a debate in the House of Commons. On Tuesday 17 October Ms Webb told the House that 40% of 10- to 11-year-olds are obese.
This is not correct. NHS England data shows around 23% of 10- to 11-year-old children are obese, and a further 14% overweight. Ms Webb’s office has acknowledged the error, and Hansard (the official record of what is said in Parliament) has been updated.
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