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Written question asked by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 April 2025 (named day). It was answered by Alex Davies-Jones (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Ministry of Justice: Information Officers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.

Answer

In the central Ministry of Justice communications team, there are a total of 96.2 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.

Of this total, 38.4 work in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.

This is the latest available data from June 2024.

The salary bands for Ministry of Justice roles following the pay award in July 2024 are:

Grade

Minimum (£)

Maximum (£)

AO

24,202

28,485

EO

28,312

34,361

HEO

34,140

42,019

SEO

41,463

52,040

G7

56,532

69,338

G6

68,967

83,585

SCS1

76,000

117,800

SCS2

98,000

162,500


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
47218
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Ministry of Justice Information officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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