Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on videographers in each of the last two years.

The total capitation cost to the Department to actively employ the six people identified as videographers on 31 March 2022 for one year, and the seven people identified on 31 March 2023 for one year is £538,707.

There is no grade or job that can be used to determine if someone is a photographer or a videographer, therefore my previous answer to Question 4344, tabled on 29 November 2023 was based on anyone flowing into a position, where the position description appears to describe a photographer or videographer. This would be based on the interpretation of the position title and whether it included the words “photo” or “video”. These same parameters have been used for this answer, but for the number of people employed on 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2023.

Therefore any figures would not include anyone in a position as a photographer or videographer, where the position title does not give any indication of that profession.