Guidance

Home Office statement of compliance: release practices

This statement describes how the Home Office works with National Statistics to comply with the Code of Practice.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 1 October 2010
• Last updated: 27 August 2026
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  1. 27 August 2026

     Updated to reflect changes since 2020. Removed 'Statement of compliance with the code of practice for statistics – Release practices' PDF.

  2. 29 June 2021

     Section on 'Ad hoc statistical releases' added to HTML and PDF documents.

  3. 24 September 2020

     Updated to reflect changes since 2017.

  4. 30 August 2017

     Updated to reflect changes since 2014.

  5. 7 May 2014

     Updated links and various wording updates to reflect publication changes.

  6. 1 October 2010

     First published.

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Statement of compliance with the code of practice for statistics – Release practices

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This statement describes how the Home Office, Ministers, Private Offices, policy areas, Special Advisors, press offices and other staff work with National Statistics outputs and the Code of Practice and clarifies roles and responsibilities.