Alternative release times requested under the Code of Practice for Statistics

Edition 2.1 of the Code of Practice for Statistics introduced alternative release times in May 2022. While the standard release time remains as 9.30am, the change enables producers of official statistics to request approval to publish at a time other than 9.30am if it better serves the public good.

Applications are considered by the Director General for Regulation considering the evidence provided by the head of profession for statistics on user need, independence, transparency, and the orderliness of the release.

Further information about alternative release times is given in our policy page.

Practice T3.6 states:

Statistics should be available to all users at the same time. The standard release time is 9.30am on a weekday. In circumstances when it better serves the public good for statistics to be released at an alternative time, the Director General for Regulation may approve the change. The time of release (whether the standard time or an alternative agreed with the Director General for Regulation) should be announced in advance and adhered to consistently.

Alternative release times considered by the Director General for Regulation on behalf of the UK Statistics Authority

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Producer	Statistics	Decision (approved or rejected)	Date considered (yyyy/mm/dd)	Topic area(s)
Office for National Statistics	Productivity Overview Statistics	Approved	2024/02/15	Economy, Business and Trade
UK Health Security Agency	National Flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports	Approved	2023/10/04	Health and Social Care
Office for National Statistics	Public Sector Classification Guide and Forward Work Plan [extended for energy bills support scheme]	Approved	2023/03/30	Economy
Office for National Statitics	Public Sector Classification Guide and Forward Work Plan	Approved	2022/08/26	Economy
Office for National Statistics	CPIH-consistent inflation rate estimates for UK household groups	Approved	2022/08/24	Economy
Office for National Statistics	UK Trust in Government Survey report	Approved	2022/06/29	Population and Society
Welsh Government	Welsh Government’s Census 2021 topic summaries for Wales	Approved – now reverted to 9.30am release time	2022/10/14	Population and Society
Welsh Government	Welsh Government’s Population and household estimates for Wales	Approved	2022/06/22	Population and Society
National Records of Scotland	Weekly deaths involving COVID-19 for week commencing 30 May 2022	Approved	2022/05/20	Population and Society
Office for National Statistics	Census 2021 data in England and Wales	Approved	2022/05/13	Population and Society

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Alternative release times considered by the Director General for Regulation on behalf of the UK Statistics Authority

Alternative release time table

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