Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) photographers; and (b) videographers have been employed by his Department since 2010.

This information is not held in the specific detail requested as there is no Grade or Job on HRMS and MyHR that can be used to determine if someone is a photographer or a videographer.

The below table is a count of individuals part of the core workforce who have been hired or moved into a position that indicates it was position associated with photography or videography at the point the individual moved into it between 1 January 2010 and 30 November 2023. Types of moves include External Hire, Hire from OGD, or Internal Hire or Post Rotation.