Pre-release access list for: Irregular migration to the UK, year ending December 2022
Published 23 February 2023
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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 for Immigration
- Lords Minister
- 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 - Asylum and Protection
- Director General of Migration and Borders
- Head of Migration Policy
- Head of Economic Migration Policy (2)
- Parliamentary secretary, FNO Returns Command Secretariat
- Small Boats Operational Commander
- Director of Small Boats Operational Command
- Deputy Director, Visa, Status, and Information services
- Chief Analyst and Home Office Analysis and Insight Director
- Deputy Director, EEA Citizens’ Rights and Hong Kong Unit (2)
- Policy lead, Asylum System Reform (3)
- Special Advisers (3)
- Press Office, Immigration Desk (6)
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
- Policy Lead
- Head of No.10 Policy Unit
- Deputy Chief of Staff
- Home Affairs team official
- Lead Justice and Home Affairs Data Scientist
- Director, Deputy Head, No.10 Delivery Unit
Ministry of Defence
- Chief Analyst
Cabinet Office
- Director General: Cabinet Secretariat in the Cabinet Office
- Senior Policy Advisor: Cabinet Secretariat in the Cabinet Office
In addition to staff in the Home Office responsible for production of the statistics, the following staff also have access to pre-release figures for quality assurance purposes.
Irregular migration data
- Small Boats Operational Command, Home Office
- Analysts, Home Office (7)
- Policy advisors, Home Office (3)
- Operational leads, Home Office (5)