Pre-release access list to: Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2026
Published 22 July 2026
Applies to England and Wales
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In addition to the Chief Statistician and staff in the Policing Analysis Unit responsible for the production and quality assurance of these statistics, relevant Special Advisers and Private Office staff of Ministers and senior officials may have access to pre-release figures to inform briefing and handling arrangements.
Home Office
- Home Secretary
- Minister of State for Policing and Crime
- Lords Minister
- Permanent Secretary
- Second Permanent Secretary
- Special Advisers (2)
- Director General, Digital and Innovation
- Director General, Public Safety Group
- Director, Home Office Analysis and Insight
- Acting Director, Policing
- Chief Statistician, Home Office Analysis and Insight
- Chief Scientific Adviser
- Head of Unit, Neighbourhood Policing Unit
- Head of Unit, Police Workforce and Professionalism Unit (PWPU)
- Head of Unit, Police Funding Policy
- Head of Crime and Policing Communications
- Policy Advisers (4), PWPU
- Policy Advisers (6), Neighbourhood Policing Unit
- Press Officers (3)
No. 10
- Prime Minister
- Private Secretary to Prime Minister
- Special Advisers (2)
- Data Scientists (2), Justice and Home Affairs, No. 10 Data Science Team
- Prime Minister’s Briefing Officer, No.10 Research and Information Unit
- Policy Adviser
- Press Officers (2)
National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)
- Chair of the NPCC
- Programme Lead, Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee
- Press Officers (3)
- Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee Communications Manager
College of Policing
- Chief Executive of the College of Policing
- Chair of the College of Policing
- Director of Leadership and Workforce Development
- Press Officers (2)