Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8716, on Government Communications Service: staff, what the payscales are of the two members of staff who work solely on High Speed 2 (HS2); at what payscales the two vacancies were advertised; and what the payscales are for the two members of staff who work part-time on HS2 communications.

The two Government Communications Service (GCS) staff members working solely on HS2 communications are being paid on the Grade 7 pay scale, and the two vacant GCS roles will be paid on the Grade 6 and Higher Executive Officer pay scales. The two members of staff who work part-time on HS2 communications are on the Senior Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer pay scales.