Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

Home Office Communications Directorate holds contracts with a roster of specialist communications agencies, which currently includes Public Relations. These contracts are utilised to deliver communications campaigns in support of the Home Secretary’s priorities. No external Public Relations consultants have been hired by Communications Directorate outside of these contractual arrangements since July 2024.