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Department of Health and Social Care: Information Officers

Commons · Question 30914 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by John Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27757 on DHSC: cost of external public affairs, how many communications staff work in his Department.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Mar 2025

The Department had 90 full-time equivalent staff in post working in the Communications Directorate at the end of January 2025; this is a reduction from a headcount of 110 in July 2021. Staff in this Directorate cover a broad range of communications roles ...