Ministry of Justice: Public Relations
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.
Answered by Jake Richards
The Department has engaged external public relations consultants on three occasions since July 2024. Specialist Media Advisory Support was commissioned for the Judicial Appointments Commission in February 2025, Media Advisory Services for the Nottingham Inquiry were contracted in March 2026 and the Ministry of Justice Communications team used external public relations consultants to support a recruitment campaign for prison and probation officers during FY 2023/24 and FY 2024/25.
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