Accredited official statistics

Pre-release access list to: Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2024

Updated 24 July 2024

Applies to England and Wales

Colleagues given access to finalised publication, embargoed, for information (24 hours in advance of publication).

In addition to the Chief Statistician and staff in the Policing and Fire Analysis Unit responsible for the production and quality assurance of these statistics, relevant Special Advisers and Private Office staff of Ministers and senior officials may have access to pre-release figures to inform briefing and handling arrangements.

On the same day, 24 July 2024, the Home Office released the ‘Crime outcomes in England and Wales, 2023 to 2024’ statistical release produced by staff in the Crime Analysis Unit responsible for the production and quality assurance of these statistics. To enable the Home Office to take a joint response regarding the police workforce statistics and crime outcomes being released on the same day individuals on the police workforce pre-release access list may be sighted on statistics from the crime outcomes statistics, and vice versa. The pre-release access list for crime outcomes can be accessed on the ‘Crime outcomes in England and Wales, 2023 to 2024’ page on GOV.UK.

Home Office

  • Home Secretary
  • Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire
  • Lords Minister
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Second Permanent Secretary
  • Special Advisers (2)
  • Chief Scientific Adviser
  • Director General, Public Safety Group
  • Director, Home Office Analysis and Insight
  • Director, Policing
  • Head of Unit, Police Workforce and Professionalism Unit (PWPU)
  • Head of News, Communication Directorate
  • Policy Advisers (6), PWPU
  • Policy Adviser, Police Funding Policy
  • Press Officers & Social Media (3)

No. 10

  • Prime Minister
  • Private Secretary to Prime Minister
  • Special Adviser
  • Head of Unit, Research and Information Unit
  • Briefing Officer, Research and Information Unit
  • Lead Data Scientist, Justice and Home Affairs, No.10 Data Science team
  • Policy Advisor
  • Press Officers (3)

National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)

  • Chair of the NPCC
  • Press Officers (3)

College of Policing

  • Chief Executive of the College of Policing
  • Chair of the College of Policing
  • Head of Media
  • Press Officer