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693172

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date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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	65101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department's central communications function is responsible for media relations and external communications. At 28 February 2017, 26.9 full time equivalent staff were employed in this team. In relation to salaries, the information is not held centrally for the time period requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/03/2017 14:22:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693332

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are employed in media and communications roles; and what the cost to the public purse was for the salaries of those staff in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	65065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2017 the central communication directorate employed 152.7FTE staff (156 people) as communications and media staff.</p><p>36 staff are also employed in communications roles in RICU (Research, Information and Communications Unit).</p><p>On 01 April 2010 the Home Office employed 324 staff in communication roles across the central communication function, UK Border Agency (UKBA) and Identity and Passport Service .</p><p>Salary costs for the communication directorate and RICU over the last 6 years are in the attached table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Salary* costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,989,256</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,256,647</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,005,522</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,861,727</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£12,134,539</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£12,566,713</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*These figures include some non communications support staff</p><p>In 2013 staff previously embedded in UK Border Agency became part of communication directorate and in 2015 staff previously embedded in HM Passport Office became part of communication directorate.</p><p>Salary costs are not available pre 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/03/2017 11:28:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693349

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her 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	65104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s central communications team has 40 staff employed in media relations and communications roles and 2 administrative support roles. 12 staff have direct responsibility for daily media relations activities.</p><p>Staff salary spend on media relations and communications roles (including administrative support roles) in each of the last ten years is detailed in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff salaries (£)</p></td><td><p>Total staff numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-2007</p></td><td><p>£1,479,089</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-2008</p></td><td><p>£2,180,564</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td><p>£2,847,099</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>£2,979,962</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>£2,774,107</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£3,230,099</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£2,730,952</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£2,688,796</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>£2,815,247</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>£2,650,672</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/03/2017 16:46:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders