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Electoral Commission: Government Communication Service

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 24184

The question

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in the Electoral Commission are (a) members of the Government Communication Network and (b) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

The 36 communications staff in the Commission’s Communications and External Affairs Directorate are not part of the Government Communications Service.

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