Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Government Communications Service has made of the effectiveness of government press offices with large numbers of staff.

The Spending Review announced that all departments will reduce their administration budgets by at least 16% in real terms by 2029-30. As part of standard operational management, Cabinet Office regularly reviews the structure, capacity, and performance of communications teams across the department to ensure they are appropriately resourced and configured to meet departmental and cross-government communication needs.