Pre-release access to Accredited Official Statistics
Published 26 September 2024
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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2023/pre-release-access-to-accredited-official-statistics
Pre-release access arrangements within FCDO are in line with The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008, which came into force on 1 December 2008. In particular, pre-release access is only allowed for a maximum of 24 hours.
The list below shows those ministers and officials, from both FCDO and other spending departments, who receive access in advance of publication under the terms of the Order to the following annual publications:
Statistics for International Development: final UK ODA spend 2023
The officials on this restricted list are either involved in the production of briefing for FCDO ministers or are regularly called upon to give direct advice to ministers to enable them to comment on the figures shortly after publication.
There are a limited number of other HM Government staff who will have pre-release access to the information because they are involved in the compilation or quality assurance of the data, or required to prepare comments for their respective departments.
Pre release access list (roles are FCDO unless stated otherwise)
- Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- Minister for Development
- Permanent Under-Secretary x 2
- Special Advisers to the Secretary of State (1 persons)
- Private Office to the Secretary of State (1 persons)
- Private Office to Minister for Development (1 person)
- Private Office to the Permanent Under-Secretary (1 person)
- Private Office to the Special Advisers (1 person)
- Chief Statistician
- Director, Finance
- Deputy Director, Finance
- Deputy Head of News & Minister for Development’s Press Secretary (1 person)
- Communications Manager, Communications
- Press Officer, Communications
- ODA Policy Adviser, Development Policy Department
- ODA Policy Officer, Development Policy Department
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Counsellor, Development and UK Delegate to DAC
- Deputy Head of News, No10
- senior policy official, International Development (HM Treasury)
- policy official, International Development (HM Treasury)
- International and ODA lead (Home Office)
- Communications Officer (Home Office)