Department for Transport: Information Officers

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 2 March 2017.

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Photo of Justin Madders Justin Madders Shadow Minister (Health)

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.

Photo of John Hayes John Hayes Minister of State (Department for Transport)

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

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

53.6

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

14.6

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

8.6

Vehicle Certification Agency

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

Driving Standards Agency 1

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

Government Car and Despatch Agency 2

51

Nil

N/A

N/A

N/A

Highways Agency 3

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

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 1

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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