Pre-release access (England)
Published 24 November 2022
Applies to England
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The phrase ‘Pre-release access’ refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.
Besides production staff the following post holders (and their ancillary support staff, if required) are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:
| DfE Ministers | Secretary of State for Education | |
| Private Secretary (SoS Private Office) | ||
| Minister for the School System and Finance, representative in the House of Lords | ||
| Policy Special Adviser to the Secretary of State | ||
| Communications Special Adviser to the Secretary of State | ||
| Private Secretary to the SoS Special Advisors | ||
| Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education | ||
| Private Secretary to the MoS (MoS Private Office) | ||
| DfE Senior Officials | Permanent Secretary for Education | |
| Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary | ||
| Deputy Permanent Secretary for Education | ||
| Director General, Higher and Further Education | ||
| Director, Post 16 Strategy and Analysis Division (x2) | ||
| Head of Profession for Statistics | ||
| Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics | ||
| DfE Press Office | Chief Media Officer (x2) | |
| Senior Media Officer | ||
| Media Officer | ||
| DfE Policy Officials | Deputy Director, Student Funding Policy (x2) | |
| Team Leader: Future Student Finance and Funding | ||
| Team Leader: Student Financial Support Policy | ||
| Postgraduate loans policy official | ||
| Team leader on the Student Funding eligibility and postgraduate loans team | ||
| Further Education loans policy official | ||
| Policy Official, Undergraduate Student Finance Support Regulations | ||
| Policy Official, PT Maintenance Loans and Accelerated degrees | ||
| Policy Official, Disabled Student’s Allowance Team | ||
| Student Loans Company | Chief Executive | |
| Executive Director Business Operations | ||
| Head of Partner Services | ||
| Head of Corporate Affairs | ||
| Senior Manager External Affairs & Strategic Relations | ||
| Media Relations Manager | ||
| Corporate Communications - External (x2) | ||
| Lead Official for Statistics / Senior Business Intelligence Manager | ||
| Business Intelligence Manager | ||
| Senior Official Statistics Officer |