Employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, claimant count, average earnings, vacancies and labour disputes.

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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 UK labour market statistics: Aug 2016

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.

Prime Minister
Cabinet Secretary
PS/Prime Minister
PPS/Prime Minister
Joint Chief of Staff
Joint Chief of Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff
Special advisor to Prime Minister
Briefing official, 10 Downing Street
Head of Research and Information, 10 Downing Street
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Financial Secretary (HMT)
Economic Secretary (HMT)
Commercial Secretary (HMT)
Special advisor, HMT
Special advisor, HMT
Permanent Secretary, HMT
Official, Macroeconomics & Fiscal Policy Directorate, HMT
Head of News, HMT
Duty Press Officer, HMT
Official clearing brief, HMT
Official preparing brief, HMT
Secretary of State, DWP
Minister of State, DWP
Minister of State for Welfare Reform
Minister of State, DWP
Special advisor, DWP
Special advisor, DWP
Permanent Secretary, DWP
Principal Private Secretary, DWP
Director-General, Operations, DWP
Deputy Head of Labour Market Analysis Division, DWP
Labour Market Strategy Director, DWP
Labour Market Analyst, DWP
Assistant economist, DWP
Assistant economist, DWP
Assistant economist, DWP
Labour Market Analyst, DWP
Ministerial Communications Officer, DWP
Press Officer, DWP
Press Officer, DWP
Press Officer, DWP
Governor of Bank of England
Deputy Governor, BoE
Deputy Governor, BoE
Deputy Governor, BoE
PS/Governor, BoE
Assistant PS to Governor of Bank of England
Assistant PS to Governor of Bank of England
Economic Assistant, BoE
Official, Governors Office, Bank of England
Official, Governors Office, Bank of England
Official, Governors Office, Bank of England
Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Special advisor, BEIS
Special advisor, BEIS
Economic Advisor to Secretary of State BEIS
Deputy Director, Labour Market analysis BEIS
Assistant Economist, BEIS
Assistant economist, BEIS
Press officer, BEIS
Secretary of State for Scotland
Economic advisor, Scotland Office
Secretary of State for Wales
Private office official, Welsh Office
Briefing official,Welsh Office
Briefing official,Welsh Office
Head of Communications,Welsh Office
Special Advisor,Welsh Office
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Senior Policy Advisor, Northern Ireland Office
First Minister of Scotland
Cabinet Sec for Education & Skills, Scotland
Cabinet Sec for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, Scotland
Minister for Employability and Training, Scotland
Permanent Secretary (Scottish Government)
Special advisor (Scottish Government)
Special advisor (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Office of Chief Economic Advisor (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Office of Chief Economic Advisor (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Office of Chief Economic Advisor (Scottish Government)
Economic Advisor (Scottish Government)
Head of Fair Work Directorate (Scottish Government)
Communications official, (Scottish Government)
Communications official, (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Education Analytical Services Division (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Employability & Skills (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Employability & Skills (Scottish Government)
Briefing official, Education Analytical Services (Scottish Government)
Statistician (Scottish Government)
Statistician (Scottish Government)
First Minister of Wales
Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Wales
Head of Labour Market & Transport Statistics, Welsh government
Higher Statistical Officer, Welsh government
Chief economist, Welsh government
Director of strategy, Dept for Economy, Science & Transport, Welsh government
Press Officer, Welsh government
First Minister of Northern Ireland
Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Minister for Finance, Northern Ireland
Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service
Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Dept for Finance
Deputy Principal Economist, Northern Ireland Dept for the Economy
Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Dept for Education
Special advisor, Northern Ireland
Special advisor, Northern Ireland
Senior principle statistician, Northern Ireland
Principal statistician, Northern Ireland
The following persons received pre-release access to the estimates of employment by country of birth and nationality (but not to the remainder of the release) 24 hours in advance of publication.
Home Secretary
Minister of State for Immigration
PS to Home Secretary
APS to Minister of State for Immigration
Special advisor, Home Office
Special advisor, Home Office
Special Advisor, Home Office
Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Private Secretary to Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office
PPS to Home Secretary
Private office official, Home Office
APS to Permanent Secretary, Home Office
Official, Statistics team, Home Office
Statistician, Statistics team, Home Office
Assistant Director Migration & Border Analysis, Home Office
Head of Migration Policy, Home Office
Press officer, Home Office
Press officer, Home Office
In addition to the above Home Office Ministers and officials,an official from Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) receives pre-release,access for briefing of FCO Ministers at 9:30am on publication day.