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Written question asked by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 24 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 April 2025 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. A substantive answer was provided by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Department of Health and Social Care: Information Officers

Question

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

Answer

At the end of March 2025, the Department had 90 staff working in the Communications Directorate. Staff in Communications cover a broad range of roles including media relations, marketing and branding, public health and prevention campaigns, internal communications and external publishing on GOV.UK.

The below sets out the salary bands for delegated grades across all locations, effective 1 August 2024:

Grade

Lowest Salary

Highest Salary

Executive Officer

£28,433

£33,880

Higher Executive Officer

£33,476

£40,559

Senior Executive Officer

£41,026

£49,264

Grade 7

£54,444

£66,054

Grade 6

£68,503

£79,972

Senior Civil Service salaries are determined by the Senior Salaries Review Board; further information about current Senior Civil Service pay bands is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-senior-civil-service-pay-award-202425/practitioner-guidance-on-the-2024-25-senior-civil-service-pay-framework-html

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
47664
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Department of Health and Social Care Information officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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