Pre-release access to Accredited Official Statistics: Statistics on International Development provisional UK ODA spend 2024
Published 3 April 2025
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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 received access in advance of publication under the terms of the Order to the following annual publications:
Statistics on International Development: provisional UK ODA spend 2024
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 of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean)
- Permanent Under-Secretary x2
- Special Advisers to the Secretary of State (1 person)
- Private Office to the Secretary of State (1 persons)
- Private Office to Minister for State (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, Communications
- Head of International Development and Climate Strategic Communication Team
- Chief Communications Officer (International Development)
- Communications Officer
- Press Officer
- Head, ODA Policy Team
- Policy Officer, Development Policy and Partnerships Department
- Head of ODA eligibility
- Counsellor, Development and UK Delegate to DAC
- Senior Policy Official, International Development (HM Treasury)
- Policy Official, International Development (HM Treasury)
- International Community and ODA Lead (Home Office)
- Communications team (Home Office) (2 persons)
- Communications team (No10)