HM Courts and Tribunals Service and Ministry of Justice: Public Relations
(asked on 15th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on communications and public relations by (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts & Tribunals Service in 2019.
This question was answered on 23rd January 2020
In the financial year 2018/19 the departments communications budget was £7.94m. This delivered:
- A 24 hour, 7 days per week media relations operation for MOJ, HMPPS, HMCTS, LAA, OPG and CICA.
- A strategic communication and campaigns function, delivering campaigns for MOJ and HMG priority policy areas.
- A digital communications function to support key MOJ announcements, policies and campaigns and to help increase citizen engagement.
- A corporate communications function, delivering internal campaigns to increase staff engagement and productivity in MOJ, OPG and LAA.
- An HMPPS communications function, supporting over 49,000 prison and probation staff.
- Services from the cross-government D102 design agency.
Regarding HMCTS expenditure, I refer you to the previous answer for PQ6328 answered on 31st October 2019, in which HM Courts and Tribunals Service expenditure for last three financial years was provided.