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: May 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.

The following persons receive pre-release access to all of the statistics in the labour market release 24 hours in advance of publication.

Prime Minister
Cabinet Secretary
PS to Prime Minister
PPS to Prime Minister
Special advisor
Director of Communications
Parliamentary Clerk
Senior Policy Advisor
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Financial Secretary
Economic Secretary
Exchequer Secretary
Commercial Secretary
Special advisor
Special advisor
Permanent Secretary
Official, Macroeconomics & Fiscal Policy Directorate
Head of News
Duty Press Officer
Official clearing brief
Official preparing brief
Secretary of State DWP
Minister of State for Employment
Minister of State for Welfare Reform
Minister for Disabled People
Special advisor
Special advisor
Permanent Secretary
Director-General, DWP Operations
Deputy Head of Labour Market Analysis Division
Labour Market Strategy Director
Labour Market Analyst
Assistant economist
Labour Market Analyst
Assistant economist
Assistant economist
Ministerial Communications Officer
Press Officer
Press Officer
Press Officer
Governor of Bank of England
Deputy Governor
Deputy Governor
Deputy Governor
PS to Governor
Assistant PS to Governor
Assistant PS to Governor
Economic Assistant
Official, Governors Office Bank of England
Official, Governors Office Bank of England
Official, Governors Office Bank of England
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills
Minister of State for Skills
Special advisor
Special advisor
Economic Advisor to Secretary of State
Deputy Director, Labour Market analysis
Assistant Economist
Assistant economist
Press officer
Secretary of State for Scotland
Economic advisor
Secretary of State for Wales
Private office official
Briefing official
Briefing official
Head of Communications
Special Advisor
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Acting Head of Economic Policy
First Minister of Scotland
Cabinet Sec for Finance, Constitution & Economy
Cabinet Sec for Fair Work, Skills and Training
Minister for Youth & Women’s Employment
Permanent Secretary
Briefing official, Office of Chief Economic Advisor
Briefing official, Office of Chief Economic Advisor
Briefing official, Office of Chief Economic Advisor
Economic Advisor
Special advisor
Special advisor
Briefing official, Fair Work Directorate
Deputy Director, Fair Work Directorate
Communications official
Communications official
Briefing official, Education Analytical Services Division
Briefing official, Youth, Employability & Skills
Briefing official, Education Analytical Services
Statistician
Statistician
First Minister of Wales
Minister for Economy, Science and Transport
Minister for Education & Skills
Head of Labour Market & Transport Statistics
Higher Statistical Officer
Chief economist
Director of strategy, Dept for Economy, Science & Transport
Press Officer
First Minister of Northern Ireland
Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Investment
Minister for Finance
Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service
Permanent Secretary, Dept of Enterprise, Trade & Investment
Special advisor
Head of Analytical Services, Dept of Enterprise, Trade & Investment
Principal Information Officer
NISRA, Senior principle statistician
Principal Statistician, NISRA
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
Special Advisor
Special Advisor
Permanent Secretary
Second Permanent Secretary
Private Secretary to Second Permanent Secretary
Director of Private Offices
Private office official
APS to Permanent Secretary
Official, Statistics team
Statistician, Statistics team
Assistant Director Migration & Border Analysis
Head of Migration Policy
Press officer
Press officer
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.