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Information Commissioner's Office and Ofcom: Staff

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 88313

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many people were employed by the (a) Office of Communications and (b) Information Commissioner’s Office in each year since 2005.

Answered by Ian Murray

The number of employees and annual expenditure of Office of Communication (Ofcom) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) are available in each organisation’s Annual Reports which can be viewed at: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/annual-reports-and-plans and https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/our-information/annual-reports/.

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