The phrase "a written statement explaining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a document or text that provides clarification or details about a particular subject or issue.
Example: "Please submit a written statement explaining your absence from the meeting last week."
Alternatives: "a document detailing" or "a report clarifying".
The playwright sent instead a written statement explaining his absence.
You are entitled to request a written statement explaining the reason for the less favourable treatment, and the response from your employer should be given within 21 days.
Nixon issued a written statement explaining that the fund was to pay political expenses, in lieu of charging them to the taxpayer.
Under the existing system, "I would not be doing my job if I allowed a flawed agreement to move forward," Fuentes said in a written statement, explaining why he hadn't put the matter before a council committee he leads.
If they cannot meet that standard, they must submit a written statement, explaining their shortcoming and how they will make sure the network is adequate (see page 7 of this letter to issuers on federally-facilitated and state partnership exchanges).
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals issued a written statement explaining that the state instead would "reform the Medicaid Hospice Program, with a focus on providing services in the community".
Several Tibetan self-immolators have left written statements explaining their actions.
Said a posting in one Facebook discussion, "These vegetarian fascists have been at work for a while now!!" Chain e-mail messages, calling for Goans to boycott the airline and to demand that airline officials give them written statements explaining why their meat products are being confiscated, have started circulating.
They then create original works of art expressing the absence of an object or concept and write statements explaining their work.
Last year, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed to make people with past convictions write statements explaining why the restoration of their voting rights was justified.
Schools have to provide a written statement to explain why even a single booklet is missing".
