Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions 2026

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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how man
Answer: The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade does not hold this requested data.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department of Health and Social Care: Government Communication ServiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Government Communication ServiceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, h
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Services has eight staff who are members of the Government Communication Network and no embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Network. Wilton Park has three staff who are members o...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many he
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Attorney General's Office: Government Communication ServiceAttorney General's OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24187More
Question: To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Attorney General’
Answer: The Government Communication Service (GCS) is the professional network of all communications staff across Government. The table below contains the headcount for the Attorney General’s Office and each of its superintended departments who are communication...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
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Department for Education: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in each of t
Answer: The Government Communication Service (GCS) completes an annual data collection for government communicators. The figures provided are from the commission completed in July 2026, where the department provided figures on behalf of its Arm’s Length Bodies.Ar...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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National Audit Office: Government Communication ServicePublic Accounts CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24185More
Question: To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in
Answer: As an independent public body, the National Audit Office (NAO) is not part of the Government Communications profession. The NAO currently has a permanent headcount of 15 communications professionals working on external and internal communications.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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Electoral Commission: Government Communication ServiceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24184More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on
Answer: The 36 communications staff in the Commission’s Communications and External Affairs Directorate are not part of the Government Communications Service.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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Scotland Office: Government Communication ServiceScotland OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the De
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Northern Ireland Office: Government Communication ServiceNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a
Answer: There are 17 communicators working across the Northern Ireland Office and its Arms Length bodies. All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Ministry of Defence: Government Communication ServiceMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Dep
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Wales Office: Government Communication ServiceWales OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Depar
Answer: The Wales Office has no Arm’s Length Bodies. The Department's communications team comprises five staff, all of whom are members of the Government Communications Service. The Department has no embedded communicators.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Home Office: Government Communication ServiceHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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Ministry of Justice: Government Communication ServiceMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Dep
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Government Communication ServiceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how m
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Government Communication ServiceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many head
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission and Office for Equality and Opportunity: Government Communication ServiceWomen and EqualitiesTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24173More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195, on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in the (a)
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: MarketingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of her Department's Arm’s
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: MarketingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of the department's Arm’s Length
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not hold the requested information in a form that can be extracted without incurring disproportionate cost. Providing the information would require extensive manual analysis of records and could only be...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Scotland Office: MarketingScotland OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the department since the Government Chief Commercial Offi
Answer: The Scotland Office has not spent any money on branded goods and merchandise since April 2025.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: MarketingDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of the department’s A
Answer: The information is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Northern Ireland Office: MarketingNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by (a) the department and (b) each of its Arm’s Leng
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office does not use branded promotional merchandise with no expenditure recorded since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent. Information on branded goods and merchandise spent by its arm’s length bodies is not colla...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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Department of Health and Social Care: MarketingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by (a) NHS England and (b) each of the departm
Answer: This data is not centrally collated by the Department.
Answered 22 Sept 2026
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