This release will look at Life Expectancy, Healthy and Dissability free Life Expectancies for the UK, its four constituent countries. Subnational Life Expectancies will be provided for England and Wales, and subnational health state life expectancies will be provided for England.

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The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:

  • meet identified user needs
  • are well explained and readily accessible
  • are produced according to sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest

Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.

Pre-release access list for Health state life expectancies, UK: 2013 to 2015

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

Position Department Period
Minister (Secretary of State) Department of Health 24 hrs
Minister (for Public Health and Innovation) Department of Health 24 hrs
Private Secretary Department of Health 24 hrs
Duty Special Advisor Department of Health 24 hrs
Private Secretary Department of Health 24 hrs
Duty Senior Press Officer Department of Health 24 hrs
Duty Press Officer Department of Health 24 hrs
Briefing Official (Senior Civil Servant) Department of Health 24 hrs
Briefing Official Department of Health 24 hrs
Analyst (Statistician) Department of Health 24 hrs
Minister Welsh Government 24 hrs
Other (Chief Medical Officer) Welsh Government 24 hrs
Statistician Welsh Government 24 hrs
Statistician Welsh Government 24 hrs
Briefing official Welsh Government 24 hrs
Minister Scottish Government 24 hrs
Briefing official (Policy) Scottish Government 24 hrs
Duty Special Advisor Scottish Government 24 hrs
Duty Press Officer / Duty Media Officer (Comms) Scottish Government 24 hrs
Head of Profession National Records of Scotland 24 hrs
Statistician National Records of Scotland 24 hrs
Assistant Statistician National Records of Scotland 24 hrs
Statistician NHS National Services Scotland - ISD 24 hrs
Statistician NHS National Services Scotland - ISD 24 hrs
Statistician Scottish Government 24 hrs
Statistician Scottish Government 24 hrs
Permanent Secretary Department of Health Northern Ireland 24 hrs
Statistician Department of Health Northern Ireland 24 hrs
Statistician Department of Health Northern Ireland 24 hrs
Private Office Official Department of Health Northern Ireland 24 hrs
Minister for Department of Finance Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24 hrs
Permanent Secretary Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24 hrs
Private Secretary / Private Office official Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24 hrs
Special Advisor Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24 hrs
Statistician / Economist Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24 hrs
Senior Press Officer Department of Finance, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency 24 hrs