Accredited official statistics

Pre-release access lists: abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2022

Updated 18 December 2024

Applies to England and Wales

The following post holders are given pre-release access 24 hours prior to the release of Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2022.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) statistical staff involved in the production of the statistics are excluded.

Department of Health and Social Care

  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  • Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  • Special Advisors to the Secretary of State
  • Women’s Minister (Government Equalities Office) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy
  • Private Secretary to the Women’s Minister (Government Equalities Office) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy  
  • Chief Medical Officer 
  • Private Secretary to Chief Medical Officer
  • Deputy Chief Medical Officer 
  • Chief Scientific Adviser
  • Chief Data Officer and Chief Statistician
  • Permanent Secretary 
  • Private Secretary to Permanent Secretary
  • Deputy Head of Media
  • Senior Media Relations Officer
  • Director of General of Primary Care and Prevention
  • Director of Secondary Prevention
  • Deputy Director, Data Services 
  • Deputy Director, Public Health Consultant
  • Deputy Director, Prevention, Innovation and Health Incentives
  • Head of Abortion Notifications and Global Burden of Disease 
  • Head of Sexual and Reproductive Health 
  • Team Leader, Reproductive Health 
  • Policy Manager, Reproductive Health
  • Assistant Communications Officer

No. 10

  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
  • Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (political)
  • Director, Policy Unit 
  • Senior Policy Adviser for Health and Social Care 
  • Chief Press Officer
  • Senior Press Officer
  • Director, Delivery Unit
  • Delivery Unit Health Team
  • Data Scientists

Welsh Government 

  • Minister for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government
  • Senior Medical Officer, Welsh Government
  • Head of Women’s Health and Children’s Health, Welsh Government 
  • Senior Women’s Health Policy Manager, Welsh Government
  • Special Adviser, Welsh Government
  • Head of Public Health Statistics, Welsh Government
  • Head of Health, Social Services and Population Statistics
  • Health Support Analyst - Health, Social Services and Population statistics, Welsh Government
  • Chief Statistician, Welsh Government
  • Press Officers, Welsh Government 

NHS England

  • Strategy and Policy Lead, System Architecture, Delivery Directorate 
  • Strategy and Policy Officer, System Architecture, Delivery Directorate 
  • Strategy and Policy Senior Manager, System Architecture, Delivery Directorate 
  • Deputy Director of Provider Development, System Architecture, Delivery Directorate 
  • Assistant Director of Provider Development, System Architecture, Delivery Directorate 
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, Delivery Directorate 
  • Chief Delivery Officer, Delivery Directorate 
  • Deputy Director of Independent Providers, System Architecture, Delivery Directorate 
  • Deputy Head of Media, Strategy Directorate