Diana Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-12-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many press and public relations staff are employed by (a) National Savings and Investments, (b) the Government Internal Audit Agency, (c) the UK Debt Management Office, (d) the Office for Budget Responsibility, (e) the Crown Estate, (f) the FCA, (g) the National Infrastructure Commission, (h) the Payment Systems Regulator, (i) the Royal Mint, (j) UK Financial Investments Ltd and (k) HM Revenue and Customs; how many of those employees earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and public relations by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Harriett Baldwin

The information requested is not held centrally. Details on staffing costs are available in the Annual Report and Accounts for the organisations referred to in the question.

Across Government the government communications profession saved £330 million for taxpayers last year compared to 2009 to 2010 – by making its campaigns more cost effective.

This means that this government reduced communications spending by a total of £1 billion during the last Parliament.