Pre-release access list
Updated 23 September 2020
Applies to England
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1. Pre-release Access to 2019/20 Taking Part Adult and Child Statistical Releases
In accordance with the conditions for pre-release access to Official Statistics set out in the DCMS statement of compliance, the following Ministers and officials received privileged early access to the Taking Part 2019/20 Adult Statistical Release and the Taking Part 2019/20 Child Statistical Release, 16th September 2020.
1.1 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
| Rt Hon Oliver Dowden | Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Caroline Dinenage | Minister of State for Digital and Culture |
| John Whittingdale OBE MP | Minister of State for Media and Data |
| Nigel Huddleston MP | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage |
| Baroness Barran MBE | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Society and DCMS Lords Minister |
| Matthew Hiorns | Private Secretary for the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Society and DCMS Lords Minister |
| Dan Wilson | Assistant Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Civil Society and DCMS Lords Minister |
| Scott Bailey | Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State |
| Alex Ratcliffe | Private Secretary for the Minister of Digital and Culture |
| Mark Hicks | Assistant Private Secretary for the Minister of Digital and Culture |
| Tom Pudlo | Private Secretary for the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sports, Tourism, and Heritage |
| Ellen Bloss | Private Secretary to the Minister for Media and Data |
| Sarah Healey | Permanent Secretary |
| Oliver Evenden | Assistant Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary |
| Megan Redman | Assistant Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary |
| Mike Crowhurst | Special advisor |
| Lucy Noakes | Special advisor |
| Hannah Forrester | Private Secretary to the Special advisors |
| Sam Lister | Director General for Strategy and Operations |
| Helen Judge | Director General – Performance and Strategy |
| Susannah Storey | Director General – Digital and Media Policy |
| Nico Heslop | Director of Corporate Strategy |
| Catherine Colebrook | Chief Economist |
| Sarah Lasher | Head of Statistics and Research |
| Colin Gibson | Policy Advisor - Libraries |
| Cecilia Rossler | Head of Arts policy |
| Hannah Jones | Senior Policy Advisor - Heritage |
| Gina Murphy | Policy Advisor - Museums |
| Genevieve Mitchell | Senior Policy Advisor - Sport |
| Tom Oldfield | Policy Advisor – Gambling |
| Dipesh Jagatia | Policy Advisor - Digital |
| Jose Seisdedos | Analyst – Arts and Libraries |
| Eleanor Baggott | Analyst – Heritage and Museums |
| Matthew Scott-Clark | Analyst – Gambling and Sport |
| Danya Long | Analyst – Digital skills and Inclusion |
| Tracy Lee | Communications Director |
| Jose Riera | Head of News |
| Nissar Hussain | Senior Communications Officer |
| Faye Jackson | Senior Communications Officer |
| Dominic Smith | Senior Communications Officer |
| Lizzie Palmer | Chief Communications Officer |
| Alex Hemming | Communications Officer |
| Paul Gough | Senior Communications Officer |
1.2 DCMS Arm’s Length Bodies
| Ella Terasa | Arts Council England |
| Helen Price | Sport England (Child report only) |