Large businesses' payment practices and performance statistics pre-release access list
Published 14 July 2026
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The鈥疌ode of Practice for Official Statistics鈥痵ays聽that聽only people needed to produce, publish, quality assure or manage the release聽of statistics聽should have聽access聽to them聽before publication.聽
Pre-release access聽can聽only be聽given聽in聽line with聽, and records聽must be聽published聽showing聽who聽had聽access聽before publication.聽
This document聽lists the ministers and officials in the Department for Business and Trade聽who received聽24-hour聽pre-release access.聽
They are:聽
- Secretary of State for Business and Trade聽
- Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Business and Trade聽
- Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation聽
- Private Secretary to聽Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation聽
- Permanent Secretary聽
- Private Secretary to聽Permanent Secretary聽
- Director聽Small Business Growth
- Director聽Small Business Growth聽
- Private Secretary to聽Director Small Business Growth聽
- Deputy Director聽Enterprise Awards and Prompt Payment聽Policy聽
- Head聽of聽Prompt聽Payments Policy聽
- Deputy Head聽of聽Prompt聽Payments Policy聽
- Deputy Head聽of聽Prompt Payments Engagement聽
- Chief Economist聽
- Chief Statistician聽
- Senior External Affairs Manager