Written question asked by Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative) on Friday, 28 August 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. It was answered by Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Monday, 21 September 2026 on behalf of the Attorney General.
Attorney General's Office: Government Communication Service
- Question
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To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Attorney General’s Office and (b) each of its superintended departments are (i) members of the Government Communication Network and (ii) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.
- Answer
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The Government Communication Service (GCS) is the professional network of all communications staff across Government.
The table below contains the headcount for the Attorney General’s Office and each of its superintended departments who are communications professionals.Department
Headcount
Member of GCS
AGO
8
8
CPS
65
65
GLD
14
14
SFO
15
12
HMCPSI
0
0
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- 24187
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- 2026-27
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- Attorney General Government Communication Service
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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