Publication - Transparency data
Communications staff (press officers): costs
- Last updated
- 15 August 2025 - see all updates
- Topic
- Public sector
Cost of frontline communications staff (press officers) since 2006. We publish this data annually.
| Year | Total cost |
|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | £1,834,164 |
| 2007-2008 | £1,930,402 |
| 2008-2009 | £1,923,660 |
| 2009-2010 | £2,176,720 |
| 2010-2011 | £1,947,282 |
| 2011-2012 | £1,999,218 |
| 2012-2013 | £1,801,684 |
| 2013-2014 | £2,256,022 |
| 2014-2015 | £2,376,957 |
| 2015-2016 | £2,549,045 |
| 2016-2017 | £2,465,189 |
| 2017-2018 | £2,645,087 |
| 2018-2019 | £2,658,292 |
| 2019-2020 | £2,813,801 |
| 2020-2021 | £3,409,375 |
| 2021-2022 | £3,739,924 |
| 2022-2023 | £4,097,722 |
| 2023-2024 | £4,133,862 |
| 2024-2025 | £4,497,537 |
- all frontline communications staff included within these figures work flexibly across all portfolios depending on demand
- all figures are rounded to the nearest pound
- costs from 2006-2007 to 2008-2009 include employer's pension contributions and employer's National Insurance contributions, as well as professional supplements, shift allowances and overtime for directly employed frontline communications staff
- costs from 2009-2010 onwards include employer's pension contributions and employer's National Insurance contributions, as well as professional supplements, shift allowances and overtime for all frontline communications staff; including temporary and secondee colleagues
- First published
- 18 February 2021
- Last updated
- 15 August 2025 - show all updates
- All updates
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Updated to include 2024-2025 data.
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Updated to include 2023 to 2024 data.
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Updated to included 2022 to 2023 data.
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Updated to include 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 data.
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Published 2019-2020 data.
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