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National Audit Office: Government Communication Service

Asked by Mike WoodConservativePublic Accounts CommissionTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 21141

The question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many headcount staff in the National Audit Office are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators but not counted as members of that network.

Answered by Public Accounts Commission

As an independent public body, the National Audit Office (NAO) is not part of the Government Communications profession. The NAO currently has a permanent headcount of 15 communications professionals working on external and internal communications.

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