Diana Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many press and public relations staff are employed by his Department; how many of those employees paid more than (a) £50,000 and (b) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and public relations by his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available.

David Mundell

The Scotland Office currently employs five press and public relations staff. Three members of staff are paid more than £50,000 and no staff were paid more than £100,000.

The total cost of permanent Press and Public Relations staff in 2014/15 was £348,895.