Government Departments: Mass Media
(asked on 27th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost to answer a media query to the Government and whether they impose a limit on the number of questions a member of the media can ask in a week.
This question was answered on 9th November 2015
The Government receives a large number of media queries each day, which are received and managed by the relevant department.
The amount of time each media query takes depends on many factors and variables, so it is not possible to estimate an average cost or time. No restriction is placed on the number of queries a journalist can make.