Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) full-time equivalent headcount and (b) outturn expenditure was on communications for her Department in each of the last three financial years.
The number of staff working in the Department for Work and Pensions to deliver the communications functions in 2019-20 was 152.57, 2020-21 was 137.13 and 2021-22 is currently 115.24.
Expenditure on communications staffing was £9,110,290 in 2019-20, £8,249,505 in 2020-21 and so far, expenditure for 2021-22 is £7,454,686.