In the 25 November update to this release (Further education and skills: November 2021), beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

Secretary of State for Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Skills)
Minister of State (Minister for Higher and Further Education)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System)
Special Adviser (2 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Director General, Higher and Further Education
Chief Operating Officer, Director Operations Group
Director of Apprenticeships
Director, Data Directorate
Director, Professional and Technical Education (ESFA)
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Deputy Director, Student Finance Policy
Deputy Director for Apprentices, NEETs, and Traineeships
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Head of digital engagement and creative content
Social Media Officer (Senior Content Producer)
Chief Media Officer
Media Officer
Briefing Support/Officials – Traineeships
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
Policy Adviser, Post-16 Basic Skills Team, Community learning
Policy Adviser, Post-16 Basic Skills Team, English and maths
Apprenticeships funding analyst
Funding Policy Manager
Briefing Support/Officials– Post-16 Basic Digital Skills
Student funding policy lead - advanced learner loans
Briefing support - Public sector
Policy Adviser, FE Funding, Careers and Further Education
Team Leader – Free Courses for Jobs

In the 22 July 2021 update to this release, beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

Secretary of State for Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the school system
Minister of State for Universities
Special Adviser (2 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Director General, Higher and Further Education
Chief Operating Officer, Director Operations Group
Director of Apprenticeships
Director, Professional and Technical Education
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Deputy Director for Apprentices, NEETs, and Traineeships
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Chief Media Officer
Press Officer
Briefing Support/Officials – Traineeships
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Lead drafter: Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
ESOL Team Leader (also covering E/M and CL)
Policy Adviser, FE Funding, Careers and Further Education
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Funding Policy Manager
Briefing Support/Officials– Post-16 Basic Digital Skills
Media Officer

In the 25 March 2021 update to this release (Further education and skills: March 2021), beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

Secretary of State for Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the school system
Minister of State for Universities
Special Adviser (3 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Director General, Higher and Further Education
Chief Operating Officer, Director Operations Group
Director of Apprenticeships
Director, Professional and Technical Education
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Deputy Director for Apprentices, NEETs, and Traineeships
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Social Media Officer (2 recipients)
Chief Media Officer
Press Officer
Education and Skills Funding Agency Press Officer
Briefing Support/Officials – Traineeships
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Lead drafter: Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
ESOL Team Leader (also covering E/M and CL)
Policy Adviser, FE Funding, Careers and Further Education
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Funding Policy Manager
Briefing Support/Officials– Post-16 Basic Digital Skills
Education and Skills Funding Agency, Head of 19+ Formula and Data
Policy Adviser, 16-18 Accountability
Head of Policy, FE Quality and Governance
Policy Adviser, FE Quality and Accountability
Policy Adviser, FE Covid-19 response
Policy Adviser, Apprenticeship Quality Policy

Beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

Secretary of State for Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the school system
Minister of State for Universities
Special Adviser (3 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Director General, Higher and Further Education
Chief Operating Officer, Director Operations Group
Director of Apprenticeships
Director, Professional and Technical Education
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Deputy Director, Traineeships and NEETs
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Social Media Officer (2 recipients)
Chief Media Officer
Press Officers (2 recipients)
Education and Skills Funding Agency Press Officer
Briefing Support/Officials – Traineeships
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Lead drafter: Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
ESOL Team Leader
Policy Adviser, FE Funding, Careers and Further Education
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Funding Policy Manager

Date updated	Summary of update
3 February 2021	Updated to add supplementary data and links to the interactive data visualisation tool
28 January 2021	First published

Updates to Academic year 2020/21Further education and skills

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