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Published: 20 November 2025

Last updated: 6 May 2026

Statistical release calendar 2026: pre-release access lists

In accordance with the conditions for pre-release access to Official Statistics set out in the DCMS statement of compliance, named officials can receive privileged early access to Official Statistics.

Pre-release access is granted at 9.30am on the date listed, the day before the Official Statistics is published.

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January

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Telecommunications Market Data Update Q3 2025	14 January 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Deputy Director, Markets and Consumer team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Head of Digital Inclusion Connectivity Policy Head of Markets Head of Mobile Markets Senior Policy Adviser, Fixed Telecoms Markets Head of Coverage and Reporting Head of Wireless Coverage and Reporting Head of Strategic and Economic Analysis, Digital Infrastructure Analysis Team Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
Adults' Media Literacy Tracker	27 January 2026

Official statistic

Date pre-release access granted

Officials granted access

Telecommunications Market Data Update Q3 2025

14 January 2026

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:

Deputy Director, Markets and Consumer team
Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy
Head of Digital Inclusion Connectivity Policy
Head of Markets
Head of Mobile Markets
Senior Policy Adviser, Fixed Telecoms Markets
Head of Coverage and Reporting
Head of Wireless Coverage and Reporting
Head of Strategic and Economic Analysis, Digital Infrastructure Analysis Team
Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

Adults' Media Literacy Tracker

27 January 2026

February

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints Q3 2025	18 February 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Head of Telecoms Consumer Team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
Pricing trends for communications services in the UK	25 February 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Deputy Director, Markets and Consumer, DSIT Head of Telecoms Consumer Team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

Official statistic

Date pre-release access granted

Officials granted access

Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints Q3 2025

18 February 2026

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:

Head of Telecoms Consumer Team
Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy
Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer
Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

Pricing trends for communications services in the UK

25 February 2026

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:

Deputy Director, Markets and Consumer, DSIT
Head of Telecoms Consumer Team
Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy
Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer
Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

March

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Children and Parents' Media Literacy tracker	19 March 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Deputy Director, Information Resilience and Public Safety Head of Media Literacy Senior Policy Advisor, Media Literacy Policy Advisor, Media Literacy Head of Analysis, Security and Online Harms Analyst, Media Literacy
Residential Postal Tracker	20 March 2026
SME Business Postal Tracker	20 March 2026
Experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages	27 March 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Interim Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Head of Mobile Markets Senior Policy Adviser, Mobile Markets Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer

April

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Video-on-demand Survey	31 March 2026
Online Experiences Tracker	15 April 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Directors, Security and Online Harms (SOH) Deputy Director, Online Harms Policy and Regulation Deputy Director, Online Harms Strategy and Analysis Deputy Director, Online Harms Special Projects Acting Deputy Director, Information Resilience and Public Safety Deputy Director, Information Threats and Security Head of AI Strategy Team, SOH Head of Illegal Safety Duties Head of Information Resilience Policy Head of Public Safety Head of User Safety Head of International and Strategy Senior Policy Adviser, Adult Online Safety Head of Child Online Safety Head of Online Safety Act Implementation Team Senior Economist, SOH Analysis Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, SOH Analysis Research Lead, SOH Analysis Economic Apprentice, SOH Analysis Chief Press Officer, DSIT Senior Press Officer, DSIT Press Officer, DSIT
Telecommunications Market Data Update Q4 2025	15 April 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Deputy Director, Markets and Consumer team Interim Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Head of Digital Inclusion Connectivity Policy Head of Markets Head of Mobile Markets Senior Policy Adviser, Fixed Telecoms Markets Head of Coverage and Reporting Head of Wireless Coverage and Reporting Head of Strategic and Economic Analysis, Digital Infrastructure Analysis Team Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

Official statistic

Date pre-release access granted

Officials granted access

Video-on-demand Survey

31 March 2026

Online Experiences Tracker

15 April 2026

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:

Directors, Security and Online Harms (SOH)
Deputy Director, Online Harms Policy and Regulation
Deputy Director, Online Harms Strategy and Analysis
Deputy Director, Online Harms Special Projects
Acting Deputy Director, Information Resilience and Public Safety
Deputy Director, Information Threats and Security
Head of AI Strategy Team, SOH
Head of Illegal Safety Duties
Head of Information Resilience Policy
Head of Public Safety
Head of User Safety
Head of International and Strategy
Senior Policy Adviser, Adult Online Safety
Head of Child Online Safety
Head of Online Safety Act Implementation Team
Senior Economist, SOH Analysis
Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, SOH Analysis
Research Lead, SOH Analysis
Economic Apprentice, SOH Analysis
Chief Press Officer, DSIT
Senior Press Officer, DSIT
Press Officer, DSIT

Telecommunications Market Data Update Q4 2025

15 April 2026

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology:

Deputy Director, Markets and Consumer team
Interim Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Team
Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy
Head of Digital Inclusion Connectivity Policy
Head of Markets
Head of Mobile Markets
Senior Policy Adviser, Fixed Telecoms Markets
Head of Coverage and Reporting
Head of Wireless Coverage and Reporting
Head of Strategic and Economic Analysis, Digital Infrastructure Analysis Team
Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

May

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints Q4 2025	8 May 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Head of Telecoms Consumer Team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Senior Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy
News Consumption Survey	13 May 2026
News Consumption Survey- Teens data	13 May 2026
Television and on-demand programme services: data reporting provision of access services for the full calendar year 2025	25 May 2026
Podcast Survey	19 May 2026
Audio Survey	19 May 2026
Affordability of Communication services Q1 2026	13 May 2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Head of Telecoms Consumer Team Head of Telecoms Consumer Policy Senior Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Policy Advisor, Telecoms Consumer Senior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy Junior Economist, Markets and Consumer Policy

June

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
PSM Tracker - Adults'	2 June 2026
PSM Tracker - Childrens'	2 June 2026
Number of hours broadcast by public television broadcasters (within the Communications Market Report)	29 June 2026
Commercial broadcast television revenues and spend (within the Communications Market Report)	29 June 2026
Number of hours broadcast by the multichannel sector (within the Communications Market Report)	29 June 2026
Number of commercial radio services broadcasting (within the Communications Market Report)	29 June 2026
Commercial radio revenues (within the Communications Market Report)	29 June 2026
Community radio revenues and expenses (within the Communications Market Report)	29 June 2026
Proportion of public service broadcaster network hours made outside London	29 June 2026
Public Service Broadcasting Network Compliance Report	29 June 2026
Made outside London programme titles register: description of TV programmes produced outside London	29 June 2026

July

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
List of channels required to provide access services in 2026	July 2026
Telecommunications Market Data Update Q1 2026	July 2026
Technology Tracker	July 2026

August

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints Q1 2026	August 2025

September

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access

October

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Telecommunications Market Data Update Q2 2026	October 2026
Television access services: Report for the first six months of 2026	October 2026
Post volumes and revenues (within the Communications Market Report)	October 2026
Post volumes and revenues (within the Post Monitoring Report)	October 2026
Experience of parcel delivery survey	October 2026
Telecoms and Pay-TV Complaints Q2 2026	October 2026
Online Experiences Tracker	October 2026
Residential Postal Tracker	October 2026
SME Business Postal Tracker	October 2026

November

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Affordability of Communication services Q3 2026	November 2026

December

Official statistic	Date pre-release access granted	Officials granted access
Pricing trends for communications services in the UK	December 2026

Making life safer online: our priorities for the year ahead

Rolling out small-scale DAB to six more areas

Ofcom investigates Telegram and teen chat sites

Rolling out small-scale DAB to five more areas

Statistical release calendar 2026: pre-release access lists

Statistical release calendar 2026: pre-release access lists

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