## Pre-Release Access To Official Statistics: Timber Price Indices

Last updated: November 2020 Next update due: May 2021 

## Introduction

Our arrangements for pre-release access to Official Statistics are described in a Pre- Release Access Statement1. This document supplements the statement by giving the names and/or job titles of all those persons to whom pre-release access has been granted to Timber Price Indices, as follows: 

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Part 1 provides a list of those receiving pre-release access to the Official Statistics in their final form for briefing purposes.  As this is a release covering Great Britain, the pre-release access period is limited to 24 hours. 
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Part 2 provides a list of those receiving pre-release access for quality assurance purposes.  
The justification for giving advance access to each listed recipient will be available on request. Sheila Ward Forest Research 

## Part 1:  Pre-Release Access To Final Form (24 Hours) Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs:

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Tim Brooks, Head of Trees, Woodlands & Forestry Policy 
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Alasdair Bray, Policy Adviser 
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Jessica Jacques, Senior Strategic Communications Officer  
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Phoebe Brown, Communications Officer, Press Office Forestry Commission: 
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Ian Gambles, Director 
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Richard Greenhous, Director of Forest Services 
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Ian Tubby, Principal Adviser, Business and Markets, Forest Services Forestry England: 
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James Simpson, Director of Operations - Forestry and Land Management 
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Stuart Burgess, Senior Press Officer 
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Wally North, Forestry and Timber Sales Manager Scottish Government: 
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Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform 
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Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy 
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Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment 
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Bridget Campbell, Director, Environment and Forestry 
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Kate Higgins, Special Adviser 
 

## Scottish Forestry:

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Dave Signorini, Chief Executive 
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Alan Hampson, Head of Policy 
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Jason Hubert, Head of Business Development 
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Jonathan Taylor, Head of Secretariat  
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Brendan Callaghan, Head of Operational Delivery 
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John Dougan, Head of Operational Development 
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Helen Sellars, Head of Sustainable Forestry Management 
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John Cummings, Secretariat Officer 
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Steve Williams, Press officer 

## Forestry And Land Scotland:

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Simon Hodgson, Chief Executive 
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Trefor Owen, Director Land Management 
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Michael Hymers, Head of Corporate Support 
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Paul Munro, Media Officer 

## Welsh Government:

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PS First Minister  
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PS Minister for the Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs  
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PS Minister for Finance and Trefnydd  
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PS Minister for Environment 
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PS Permanent Secretary  
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Daniel Butler, Special Adviser  
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Tim Render, Director, Land, Nature and Forestry Division  
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Ceri Witchard, Deputy Director Land, Nature and Forestry Division  
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Elizabeth Lyon, Head of Forestry Resources Policy Branch 

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Jon Travis, Head of Forestry Reform 
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Heledd Owen, Head of Communications and Marketing, Natural Resources Dept  
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Simon Jenkins, Head of News  
 

## Forest Research:

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James Pendlebury, Chief Executive 
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Clare Parker, Head of Communications 

## Part 2:  Pre-Release Access For Quality Assurance

Forestry Commission: 
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Ian Tubby, Principal Adviser, Business and Markets, Forest Services Forestry England: 
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Wally North, Forestry and Timber Sales Manager Forestry and Land Scotland: 
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Mick Bottomley, Head of Marketing and Sales Forest Research: 
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James Pendlebury, Chief Executive 
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Chris Quine, Chief Scientist 
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Nicol Sinclair, Head of Inventory, Forecasting & Operational Support