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1689092

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date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s 24/7 shared press and media team provides a wide-ranging service to ministers, the department and multiple agencies (including HMCTS, HMPPS, Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority). This includes proactive and reactive media handling, monitoring, planning, media training, event support and speechwriting. It is made up of 35 employees with roles ranging from grades HEO to SCS1. The grade salary ranges between £32,827 - £117,800 - this is departmental salary ranges, not actual salaries.</p><p> </p><p>This figure is for the Ministry of Justice central departmental Press Office and Media team only.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/02/2024 16:55:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689093

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) press and media team is made up of 24 employees. Roles range from grades EO to G6 and have salaries between £25,310 - £73,440. This figure is for DESNZ Communications Directorate Press Office only.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Government last year, departments are submitting productivity plans to modernise the Civil Service and reduce the size of the state to pre-pandemic levels.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/02/2024 07:05:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689094

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Defra Group Communications is the first single employer shared service communications team in Whitehall, working for six organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the core department, the team provides communications support for the core Department and five of its largest Arm’s Length Bodies including the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the Forestry Commission and the Rural Payments Agency. The teams work across all communications disciplines in support of the policy and operational priorities within each of these organisations. This includes media, planning, stakeholder engagement, digital communications and internal communications across the six parts of the Defra group. This integrated function reduces duplication, improves performance and saves money.</p><p> </p><p>As Defra Group Communications staff work in an agile way in multiple organisations, it is not possible to provide granular full-time equivalent figures for each part of the group, including the core department.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Government last year, departments are submitting productivity plans to modernise the Civil Service and reduce the size of the state to pre-pandemic levels. These roles, as all other business units in the department, are considered as part of these plans.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 27/02/2024 13:38:26 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689095

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade press and media team is made up of 22 employees. Roles range from grades Higher Executive Officer (HEO) to Senior Civil Servant-1 (SCS1) and have salaries between £32,858 - £38,272 (HEO) and £75,000 - £117,800 (SCS1).</p><p>As announced by the Government last year, departments are submitting productivity plans to modernise the Civil Service and reduce the size of the state to pre-pandemic levels.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/02/2024 09:54:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689096

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office press and media team is made up of 17 employees. Roles range from grades HEO to SCS1 and have salaries between £32,250 - £117,800.</p><p>This figure is for Cabinet Office central departmental press office and media team only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/02/2024 17:46:58 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689097

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The department’s press and media team is made up of 34.1 full time equivalent (FTE) employees. Roles range from grades Assistant Information Officer (AIO) to Deputy Director (SCS1). Salary bands range from between £32,970 to £34,006 for an AIO and from £75,000 to £117,800 for a Civil Service Deputy Director (SCS1). There is one role at SCS1 level.</p><p>​The above FTE figure is for the department’s press and media team only, which includes social media.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/02/2024 10:54:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord