Ministry of Justice: Information Officers

(asked on 23rd April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.


Answered by
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 6th May 2025

In the central Ministry of Justice communications team, there are a total of 96.2 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.

Of this total, 38.4 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.

This is the latest available data from June 2024.

The salary bands for Ministry of Justice roles following the pay award in July 2024 are:

Grade

Minimum (£)

Maximum (£)

AO

24,202

28,485

EO

28,312

34,361

HEO

34,140

42,019

SEO

41,463

52,040

G7

56,532

69,338

G6

68,967

83,585

SCS1

76,000

117,800

SCS2

98,000

162,500

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