Official Statistics

Pre-release access list for: Police protest powers, June 2022 to March 2025

Published 5 February 2026

Applies to England and Wales

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This statistical bulletin was produced by analytical professionals and production staff in Home Office Analysis and Insight Directorate. Pre-release access was given to the following persons 24 hours in advance of release:

Home Office

  • Home Secretary
  • Minister for Policing and Crime
  • Minister for Security
  • Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Lords Minister of State
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Second Permanent Secretary
  • Special Adviser
  • Director, Home Office Analysis and Insight Directorate
  • Director General, Digital and Innovation
  • Director General, Public Safety Group
  • Director, Policing
  • Deputy Director, Police Powers Unit
  • Press Officers, Comms-Criminal Justice (3)
  • Policy leads, Public Order Policing (2)

In addition, Private Secretaries in the Ministers’ and Special Advisers’ Private Offices will have access to pre-release figures for handling arrangements.

Pre-release access was also given to the following persons from outside the Home Office 24 hours in advance of release:

No. 10

  • Prime Minister
  • Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
  • Special Advisers (2)
  • Data Scientists (2), Justice and Home Affairs, No. 10 Data Science Team

National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)

  • National Policing lead, Public Order and Public Safety (NPOPS)
  • Staff Officer
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