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Written question asked by Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 December 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 December 2018. It was answered by Lord McFall of Alcluith (Non-affiliated) on Thursday, 20 December 2018 on behalf of the Senior Deputy Speaker (HL).

House of Lords: Staff

Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Chairman of Committees on 25 February 2009 (HL Deb, col 89W), how many staff of the House of Lords are employed exclusively or primarily on press and public relations; and whether he has made an assessment of how this figure now compares with the number of staff employed for the same purpose by (1) the House of Commons, and (2) the Scottish Parliament.

Answer

Both Houses and the Scottish Parliament organise their communications/press and public relations functions in different ways which makes it hard to compare figures directly. Consequently, the figures below simply compare the number of FTEs employed predominantly on dealing with press/media.

House of Lords

House of Commons

Scottish Parliament

FTEs employed on press/media

5

19

7



These figures do not include staff employed by either House or the Scottish Parliament on marketing, digital communications, public information, visitor services, education and engagement all of which contribute to their work on public relations. We do not hold these figures in respect of the House of Commons and Scottish Parliament.


No assessment has been made of how these figures compare with each other.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12086
Session
2017-19
Related items
House of Lords: Staff
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
House of Lords House of Commons Press Staff Scottish Parliament Public relations Information officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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