Justin Madders
Shadow Minister (Health)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
Rory Stewart
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
DFID’s central communications team has 40 staff employed in media relations and communications roles and 2 administrative support roles. 12 staff have direct responsibility for daily media relations activities.
Staff salary spend on media relations and communications roles (including administrative support roles) in each of the last ten years is detailed in the table below:
Year | Staff salaries (£) | Total staff numbers |
2006-2007 | £1,479,089 | . |
2007-2008 | £2,180,564 | . |
2008-2009 | £2,847,099 | . |
2009-2010 | £2,979,962 | 54 |
2010-2011 | £2,774,107 | 50 |
2011-2012 | £3,230,099 | 53 |
2012-2013 | £2,730,952 | 49 |
2013-2014 | £2,688,796 | 42 |
2014-2015 | £2,815,247 | 42 |
2015-2016 | £2,650,672 | 42 |
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