Official Statistics

Product Safety Database report 2023 to 2024: pre-release access list

Updated 22 August 2024

Principle T3 of the Code of Practice for Statistics requires that access to official statistics before their public release is limited to certain individuals. This includes those involved in the production of the statistics and the preparation of the release, and those involved for quality assurance and operational purposes. Pre-release access may only be granted in accordance with the rules and principles set out in the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008. In addition, the order requires that records are published of those who have access prior to public release. 

Below is the list of individuals who received pre-release access to the Product Safety Database report 2023 to 2024:

  • Secretary of State, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  • Minister for Employment Right, Competition and Markets
  • Special Advisers
  • Director General in Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform
  • Chief Statistician
  • Deputy Chief Executive, Evidence, OPSS
  • Deputy Director, Targeting, OPSS
  • Policy advisers, Product Safety Database, OPSS (x1)
  • Operational Regulation advisers, OPSS (x2)
  • Strategic Connections, OPSS (x3)
  • Press Officer, DBT