Ministry of Defence: Public Relations

(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) highest salary for press and public relations staff employed by his Department was in each year since 2019.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 15th December 2023

The Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) media relation officers (press officers) grades range between Executive Officer and Grade 6. The London salary bands are shown for each grade by year in the table below. The information required to calculate average salaries is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Award Year

EO

HEO

SEO

Grade 7

Grade 6

2019

£27,019 to £30,064

£33,728 to £37,546

£41,090 to £45,747

£55,241 to £61,523

£65,044 to £74,597

2020

£27,200 to £30,365

£34,000 to £37,921

£41,500 to £46,204

£55,550 to £62,138

£65,500 to £75,343

2021

£27,200 to £30,365

£34,000 to £37,921

£41,500 to £46,204

£55,550 to £62,138

£65,500 to £75,343

2022

£27,950 to £30,750

£34,850 to £38,400

£42,540 to £46,790

£56,530 to £62,760

£66,490 to £76,100

2023

£28,300 to £31,060

£35,290 to £38,790

£43,080 to £47,260

£57,670 to £63,390

£67,820 to £76,490

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