When I see pages of official statistics, I can't help recalling an episode of Yes Prime Minister where the conversation went something like this:

Jim Hacker: But Humphrey, is it really that important that every council return these analysis forms?

Sir Humphrey: But of course, Prime Minister. How else will central government have the data for compiling essential statistics?

Jim Hacker: But everyone know that government statistics are nonsense anyway.

Sir Humphrey: But the data will be incomplete Prime Minister. We want to make sure that the statistics are a complete nonsense!

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