Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 9 February 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) other positions with a communications remit were employed by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) each other non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department on the most recent date for which figures are available.
All departmental staff employed in communications roles are members of the Department's Communication Directorate, which is comprised of External Communications Division and Corporate Communications Division, managed by the Director of Communication.
External Communications currently employs 41 communications officers working on a combination of press, marketing, strategic planning and digital/social media. This equates to 39.5 full-time equivalent posts, as some members of staff are employed part-time.
Corporate Communications currently employs 25 communications officers working on internal communication, web management, print/publishing and Info4Local. This equates to 23.6 full-time equivalent posts.
A further four communications officers within Communication Directorate work directly with policy directorates.
No new members of staff have joined the Communication Directorate since March 2010 and a recruitment freeze remains in force. The Communication Directorate expects to reduce the staff headcount by approximately 30% through the Department's restructuring exercise by April 2012.
The Department does not maintain a central record of communications posts at its agencies or non-departmental public bodies.
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