Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Agency Workers

(asked on 13th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 20th July 2026

The table below sets out the number of Core DCMS agency staff employed by DCMS in each of the last five financial years:

Financial Year

Core DCMS Agency Staff

2021-22

191

2022-23

137

2023-24

113

2024-25

55

2025-26

30

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