Pre-release access lists: abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2023
Published 15 January 2026
Applies to England and Wales
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The following post holders are given pre-release access 24 hours prior to the release of Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2023.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) staff involved in the production of the statistics are excluded.
Department of Health and Social Care
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Special Advisers to the Secretary of State
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women’s Health and Mental Health
- Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women’s Health and Mental Health
- Chief Medical Officer
- Private Secretary to Chief Medical Officer
- Deputy Chief Medical Officer
- Chief Data Officer and Chief Statistician
- Permanent Secretary
- Private Secretary to Permanent Secretary
- Deputy Head of Media
- Senior Media Relations Officer
- Chief Media Relations Officer
- Director of Analysis and Chief Economist
- Director of Secondary Prevention
- Deputy Director, Prevention, Innovation and Health Incentives
- Head of Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Team Leader, Reproductive Health
- Policy Manager, Reproductive Health
Welsh Government
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Senior Private Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Minister for Children and Social Care
- Assistant Senior Private Secretary to the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Special Adviser
- Head of Women’s Health
- Senior Women’s Health Policy Manager
- Head of Health, Social Services and Population Statistics
- Senior Medical Officer
- Senior Information Officer
- Information Officer
- Chief Press Officer
- Principal Statistician
- Chief Statistician
- Statistical Officer
NHS England
- Strategy and Policy Lead, System Development Directorate
- Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships, System Development Directorate
- Strategy and Policy Analyst, System Development Directorate
- Assistant Director Provider Development, System Development Directorate
- Lead Senior Communications Manager (System Architecture)
- Deputy Head of Media, Strategy Directorate
- Media Relations Manager, Strategy Directorate