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National Audit Office: Government Communication Service

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativePublic Accounts CommissionTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 24185

The question

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts 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 National Audit Office 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 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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