Department for Education: Government Communication Service
(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in each of the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.
The Government Communication Service (GCS) completes an annual data collection for government communicators. The figures provided are from the commission completed in July 2026, where the department provided figures on behalf of its Arm’s Length Bodies.
Arm’s Length Body | Government Communicators Headcount |
Standards and Testing Agency | 4 |
Teaching Regulation Agency | 0 |
Oak National Academy | 14 |
Office for Students | 20 |
Office of the Children’s Commissioner | 5 |
School Teachers’ Review Body | 0 |
Social Work England | 12 |
Student Loans Company | 55 |
There are no embedded communicators within the figures provided.
As non-ministerial departments, Ofsted and Ofqual have responsibility for their own staffing. I have asked His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, and Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, to write directly to the hon. Member for Bridlington and the Wolds. A copy of each reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.