Pre-release access to Statistics on International Development: final UK ODA spend 2025
Published 17 September 2026
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Pre-release access arrangements within FCDO are in line with the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008, which came into force on 1 December 2008. Pre-release access is only allowed for a maximum of 24 hours.
The list below shows the ministers and officials, from both FCDO and other government departments, who received access in advance of publication under the terms of the Order for:
Statistics on International Development: final UK ODA spend 2025
The officials on this restricted list are either involved in preparing briefing for FCDO ministers or are regularly called upon to provide direct advice to ministers so they can comment on the figures shortly after publication.
A limited number of other government officials are granted pre-release access because they are involved in compiling or quality assuring the data, or because they need to prepare comments for their departments.
Pre-release access list
- Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- Minister of State for International Development and Africa
- Permanent Under-Secretary (2 persons)
- Special Adviser to the Secretary of State (1 person)
- Private Office to the Secretary of State (1 person)
- Private Office to Minister of State (1 person)
- Private Office to the Permanent Under-Secretary (1 person)
- Private Office to the Special Advisers (1 person)
- Chief Statistician
- Director Finance
- Director Delivery
- Deputy Director, Strategic Finance and Business Partnering
- Deputy Director, Delivery Improvement Performance Department
- Head of Newsdesk / Minister for Development’s Press Secretary
- Head of International Development and Climate Strategic Communication Team
- Communications Officer
- Deputy Director, Strategic and Digital Communications
- Spending Review and Allocations Team Leader
- ODA Policy and OECD DAC Policy Officer
- Development Strategy and Policy Officer
- GOV.UK Content Team (1 person)
- Chief Internal Communication Officer
- Counsellor, Development and UK Delegate to DAC
- Director Human Development
- Head of Women and Girls Department
- Strategy and Coordination Team Leader, Women and Girls Hub
- Head of Governance, Democracy and Civil Society
- ODA Spending and Strategy (2 persons), HM Treasury
- Chief Statistician, Home Office
- International Community and ODA Lead, Home Office
- Communications Officer, Home Office