## Pre-Release Access To Official Statistics: Forestry Statistics And Forestry Facts & Figures

 
Last updated: 
September 2020 
Next update due: 
September 2021 

## Introduction

Our arrangements for pre-release access to Official Statistics are described in a Pre-Release Access Statement. 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 Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures, as follows: 

- 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. 
- 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)

(last updated September 2020) 

## Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs:

- Tim Brooks, Head of Trees, Woodlands & Forestry Policy - Ralph Weir, Forestry Policy Adviser - Adam Bealby, Deputy Head of Communications - Phoebe Brown, Communications Officer Forestry Commission: 
- Ian Gambles, Chief Executive Officer - Richard Greenhous, Director of Forest Services - Steph Rhodes, Delivery Director for the England Tree Planting 
Programme 
- Anna Brown, Head of Plant Health Forestry and Contingency - Joe Watts, Head of Sustainable Forest Management - Mark Broadmeadow, Principal Adviser, Climate Change - Ian Tubby, Principal Adviser, Business and Markets - Penny Oliver, National Team Manager, Sustainable Forest Management - David Cross, Evidence & Analysis Manager Forestry England: 
- Michael Seddon, Chief Executive - James Simpson, Director of Operations - Forestry and Land Management - John Stride, Policy and Insight Manager - Stuart Burgess, Media Relations Manager 

## Scottish Government:

- Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change & Land Reform - Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism - Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment - Bridget Campbell, Director, Environment and Forestry 
 
- Kate Higgins, Special Adviser 
 

## Scottish Forestry:

- Dave Signorini, Chief Executive - Alan Hampson, Head of Standards, Evidence, Expertise and Policy - Bob Frost, Policy Adviser for Sustainable Forest Management - Jason Hubert, Head of Business Development - Brendan Callaghan, Head of Operational Delivery - Helen Sellars, Head of Sustainable Forest Management - John Dougan, Head of Operational Development - Jim Dewar, Head of Tree Health - Pat Snowdon, Head of Economics - Jonathan Taylor, Head of Secretariat - Steve Williams, Press officer 

## Forestry And Land Scotland:

- Simon Hodgson, Chief Executive - Trefor Owen, Director Land Management - Michael Hymers, Director Corporate Support - Gwen Hamilton, Head of Communications, Marketing & Media - Paul Munro, Press Officer 

## Welsh Government:

- PS First Minister - PS Minister for the Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - PS Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - PS Permanent Secretary - Peter Greening, Head of Cabinet Division - Daniel Butler, Special Adviser - Tim Render, Director for Land, Nature and Forestry Division - Gian Marco Currado, Director for Environment and Marine - Ceri Witchard, Deputy Director for Land, Nature and Forestry Division - Elizabeth Lyon, Head of Forest Resources Policy Branch 
 
- John Travis, Head of Forestry Reform - Heledd Owen, Head of Communications and Marketing, Natural 
Resources Dept   
- Simon Jenkins, Head of News 
 

## Natural Resources Wales:

- Dominic Driver, Head of Land Stewardship 
 

## Forest Research:

- James Pendlebury, Chief Executive - Clare Parker, Head of Communications 

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

(last updated August 2020) 

## Expert Group On Timber & Trade Statistics:

- Nick Boulton, Timber Trade Federation - Alan Christison, Jim Wilmer & Sons - Neil Cowan, James Jones & Sons Ltd - Michael Fairgrieve, Northern Ireland Forest Service - Jason Hubert, Scottish Forestry - Andy Leitch, Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) - David Leslie, James Jones & Sons Ltd - Nigel Manley, Balcas Timber Ltd - Wally North, Forestry England - Richard Palmer, AW Jenkinson Forest Products - Stephen Stanley, Scottish Woodlands - David Symons, Euroforest Ltd - Ian Tubby, Forestry Commission - Peter van-Velzen, Natural Resources Wales - Rachel Chamberlain, Natural Resources Wales - George Webb, Norbord Europe Ltd - Mike Yerbury, Egger UK 

## Forestry Commission:

- Joe Watts, Head of Sustainable Forest Management 

## Scottish Forestry:

- Brendan Callaghan, Head of Operational Delivery - Jonathan Taylor, Head of Secretariat - Helen Sellars, Head of Sustainable Forest Management - Alan Hampson, Head of Standards, Evidence, Expertise and Policy - Jason Hubert, Head of Business Development - Pat Snowdon, Head of Economics 
 
- Kevin Lafferty, Health & Recreation Advisor - Ross Machardie, Head of Finance and Business Support - Gary Henderson, Senior Finance Manager Forestry and Land Scotland: 
- Mick Bottomley, Head of Marketing and Sales - James Fletcher, GIS Support Team Manager Natural Resources Wales: 
- Dominic Driver, Head of Land Stewardship - Richard Cardwell, Lead Statistician - Melanie Meaden, Strategic Forestry Adviser Northern Ireland Forest Service: 
- Ben Searle, Forest Policy, Regulations, Grants and Health & Safety 
Function 
- Richard Schaible, Head of Forestry Strategy, Planning and Silviculture Forest Research: 
- James Pendlebury, Chief Executive - Chris Quine, Chief Scientist - Nicol Sinclair, Head of Inventory, Forecasting & Operational Support - Meirion Nelson, Head of Finance