Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.

In the central Department for Transport communications team, there are a total of 91.01 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.

Of this total, 31.82 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.

This is the latest available data from June 2024.