Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department work on (a) press, media relations and communications, (b) policy, (c) social media engagement and (d) strategy.
The Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Head Office currently has 62 civil servants employed in media relations and communications roles. These roles include, for example, news, campaigns, strategy and planning, digital, and internal communications. Information for the rest of the Department, and for the specific categories in this question, is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.