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Special arrangements for the release on 22 April 2009
The Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008 allows for extending and lengthening pre-release access under exceptional circumstances. The National Statistician has agreed that, although the order does not specifically cover the Treasury's Budget forecast, she is content to allow wider and earlier access to the data for a limited number of officials in order that the data can be incorporated into the Budget forecast and accompanying material in an orderly fashion.
As a result a group of officials, listed below, have been granted exceptional pre-release access for some 5 days from the point on Friday 17 April 2009 when near final data were first available. In addition a wider group of officials will have the standard 24 hour access in order to ensure that the data are accurately incorporated into the published Budget documents and into the Chancellor’s Budget speech. The following are complete lists, including those normally granted 24 hour pre-release access:
Special pre-release access list for April 2009 – public sector finances – (from 17 April 2009)
Treasury officials:
- Managing Director, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy
- Director of Fiscal Policy
- Economic Forecast Co-ordinator, Macroeconomics Prospects
- Head of Co-ordination and Tax Forecasting, Public Sector Finances
- Head of Public Expenditure Forecasting, Public Sector Finances
- Speech Writer to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Special pre-release access list for April 2009 – public sector finances – (from 9:30 am 21 April 2009)
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Chief Secretary to Treasury
- Financial Secretary to Treasury
Treasury officials:
- Permanent Secretary
- Director, Tax Strategy and Delivery
- Head of General Expenditure Policy
- Head of Communications
- Head of News, Communications
- Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Head of Fiscal Policy
- Head of Analysis, Fiscal Policy
- Head of Policy, Fiscal Policy
- Head of Budget Co-ordination
- Scorecard Co-ordinator, Budget Strategy and Tax
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