Accredited official statistics

Pre-release access list for: Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2023

Updated 4 September 2023

This statistical bulletin was produced by analytical professionals and production staff in Home Office Analysis and Insight Directorate.

Pre-release access was given to the following persons 24 hours in advance of release:

Home Office

  • Home Secretary
  • Minister of State (Minister for Immigration)
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Second Permanent Secretary
  • Director of Border Force
  • Director General of Immigration Enforcement
  • Director of Compliance and Returns
  • Director of Windrush, Asylum, Immigration and Citizenship Policy
  • Director General of Asylum and Protection
  • Director General of Migration and Borders
  • Head of Economic Migration Policy (2)
  • Head of Domestic Asylum Policy
  • FBIS Head of Strategy and Briefing
  • Deputy Director, EEA Citizens’ Rights and Hong Kong Unit (2)
  • Deputy Director, Resettlement, Relocation, and Reunion Services
  • Deputy Director, Visa, Status, and Information Services
  • Parliamentary Secretary, FNO Returns Command Secretariat
  • Small Boats Operational Command (2)
  • Policy lead, Asylum System Reform (4)
  • Chief Analyst and Home Office Analysis and Insight Director
  • Special Advisers (3)
  • Press Office, Immigration Desk (7)

In addition, Private Secretaries in the Ministers’ and Special Advisers’ Private Offices will have access to pre-release figures for handling arrangements.


Pre-release access was also given to the following persons from outside the Home Office 24 hours in advance of release:

Number 10

  • Prime Minister
  • Private Secretary to Prime Minister
  • Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister
  • Home Affairs team Official (2)
  • Deputy Chief of Staff
  • Lead Justice and Home Affairs Data Scientist
  • Director, Deputy Head, No.10 Delivery Unit

Cabinet Office

  • Senior Policy Advisor, Cabinet Secretariat in the Cabinet Office
  • Cabinet Office team Official

Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

  • Ukraine Humanitarian Taskforce, Head of Data and Reporting
  • Analysis and Statistics Division, Senior Analyst
  • Analysis and Statistics Division, Analyst