Department of Health and Social Care: Information Officers
(asked on 24th April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications posts there are in his Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
At the end of March 2025, the Department had 90 staff working in the Communications Directorate. Staff in Communications cover a broad range of roles including media relations, marketing and branding, public health and prevention campaigns, internal communications and external publishing on GOV.UK.
The below sets out the salary bands for delegated grades across all locations, effective 1 August 2024:
Grade | Lowest Salary | Highest Salary |
Executive Officer | £28,433 | £33,880 |
Higher Executive Officer | £33,476 | £40,559 |
Senior Executive Officer | £41,026 | £49,264 |
Grade 7 | £54,444 | £66,054 |
Grade 6 | £68,503 | £79,972 |
Senior Civil Service salaries are determined by the Senior Salaries Review Board; further information about current Senior Civil Service pay bands is available at the following link: