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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Information Officers

Asked by Kirsty BlackmanScottish National PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 13 May 2025UIN 47665

The question

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

Answered by Michael Shanks

In the central Communications team of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, there are a total of 86 Full Time Equivalent Government Communications Service posts.

Of this 24 work in media relations.

This is the latest available data from March 2025.

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