Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.
Ministers have not hired external public relations (PR) consultants since July 2024.
The department currently contracts its PR services through agencies. These contracts are procured via commercial routes, with all contracts publicly available and published via Contracts Finder. There have been no new procurements in PR since July 2024.