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Treasury: Information Officers

Asked by Kirsty BlackmanScottish National PartyTreasuryTabled Answered 7 May 2025UIN 47666

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications posts there are in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.

Answered by James Murray

In the central HM Treasury communications team, there are a total of 40.9 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.

Of this total, 19 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.

This is the latest available centrally collected data from June 2024.

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