Department for Transport written question – answered at on 2 March 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff of his 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.
The estimated full time equivalent number of staff who worked on communications activities which include internal communications, website and other digital communications, speechwriting, publishing, marketing and public information campaigns, communications strategy and external affairs for the last full financial year (2015-16) is as follows:
Communications staff full time equivalent numbers | 2015-16 |
Department for Transport (Central) | 61.1 |
53.6 | |
14.6 | |
8.6 | |
Nil |
The estimated pay cost for communications staff for 2015-16 and earlier years is as follows:
Communications pay cost £000s | 2009-10 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
Department for Transport (Central) | 3,691 | 3,537 | 3,526 | 3,745 | 3,901 |
956 | 705 | 519 | N/A | N/A | |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 1,372 | 1,061 | 1,636 | 1,857 | 1,829 |
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 676 | 635 |
51 | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2917 | 2,332 | 2,211 | 3,450 | N/A | |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 398 | 362 | 351 | 368 | 327 |
Vehicle Certification Agency | N/A | Nil | N/A | Nil | Nil |
296 | 285 | 253 | N/A | N/A |
1. The Driving Standards Agency and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency became the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in April 2014.
2. GCDA ceased to be an agency on 30 September 2012.
3. Highways Agency was replaced by Highways England in April 2015, a government-owned company, and is no longer an executive agency of the Department.
Communications staff pay costs for years not shown above can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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