Official Statistics

Product Safety Database reports 2021 to 2023: pre-release access list

Published 18 October 2023

Principle T3 of the Code of Practice for Statistics requires that access to official statistics before their public release is limited to certain individuals. This includes those involved in the production of the statistics and the preparation of the release, and those involved for quality assurance and operational purposes. Pre-release access may only be granted in accordance with the rules and principles set out in the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008. In addition, the order requires that records are published of those who have access prior to public release. 

Below is the list of individuals who received pre-release access to the Product Safety Database Annual Reports:

  • Secretary of State, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  • Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
  • Permanent Secretary
  • Special Advisers
  • Director General in Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform
  • Director of Analysis Group
  • Chief Statistician
  • Chief Executive, OPSS
  • Deputy Chief Executive, Evidence, OPSS
  • Policy advisers, Product Safety Database, OPSS (x2)
  • Operational Regulation advisers, OPSS (x2)
  • External Connections, OPSS (x3)
  • Press Officer, DBT