Official Statistics: Forthcoming publications

This schedule gives the planned publication dates of all the department’s statistical releases for the coming year.

Final publication dates are confirmed at least 4 weeks in advance of the release date, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Access to statistical releases are granted to certain individuals, 24-hours before the publication date. A list of those who have access are generally published on the routine statistical collection pages. This is in line with the department’s pre-release policy.

Following previous announced changes in October 2024, the department has further reviewed its planned publication schedule and would like to notify users of the following changes on which they are able to provide feedback.

Statistics previously in the department’s Walking and Cycling Statistics series are now covered solely in other publications, and as a consequence this series will now no longer appear in the list of forthcoming publications. Further information can be found on the Walking and Cycling Statistics collection page.

The annual Search and Rescue Helicopter statistical release, summarising taskings and people assisted/rescued, will be paused until 2027 in conjunction with work between DfT and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to update the data processing and tables with a new data source as part of the UKSAR2G programme.

The annual 2025 International Road Freight publication,  summarising activity by UK registered heavy good vehicles operating internationally, has been paused until later in 2026 to support essential work to further develop methodology following a digital infrastructure transition. This includes statistics on Road Goods Vehicles Travelling to Europe 2025.