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date	22/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	65102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Head Office currently has 89 staff employed in media relations and communications role, 19 of whom are military personnel. These roles include, for example, news, campaigns, strategy and planning, digital, and internal communications. Salaries of those specifically in a media relations or communications role in each of the last ten years are not held centrally.</p><p>It is important that the work our Armed Forces do to keep Britain safe is communicated effectively. The number of MOD civilian communications jobs has been cut by more than a quarter since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2017 16:31:38 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

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date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff in his Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much has been spent on the salaries of such staff members.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	65108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>All departments are equipping themselves with the resources they need to get the best deal for the UK. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 300 staff, and is growing fast. We are not in a position to give a final total for particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and we will not be giving a running commentary.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/02/2017 17:02:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders