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Written Question
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Information Officers
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

In the central Department for Culture, Media & Sport communications team, there are a total of 43.54 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.

Of this total, 13 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.

This is the latest available data from June 2024.

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