Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
(asked on 5th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press officers have been employed by his Department in each year since 2015.
This question was answered on 10th January 2022
The current number of media relations officers (press officers) within the Directorate of Defence Communications, the central lead for Defence Communications within the MOD is 18 posts. The number has remained broadly consistent since financial year (FY) 2016-17 as per the table below. Data for FY 2015-16 is not held.
FY | DDC Media Relation Officers |
2016-17 | 17 |
2017-18 | 18 |
2018-19 | 18 |
2019-20 | 18 |
2020-21 | 17 |
2021-22 | 18 |