Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2024 to Question 5043 on Prime Minister: Staff, how many staff work in (a) press, (b) marketing and (c) communications roles.

As a modern communications service, the Prime Minister’s communications team covers a wide range of functions, including press, digital, strategic comms and private office support.

In addition to supporting directly the work of the Prime Minister, Downing Street also serves as a central communications team, working across Whitehall to prepare content, communicate the delivery of policies and coordinate communications activity across government departments, in line with the Civil Service Code. As of November 7, there are 47.6 FTE Civil Servants in the communications team. This remains unchanged in size since the election.

As was the case under the previous Administration, information about Special Adviser numbers and costs will be published in the Annual report on Special Advisers.