Question follow-through · 44473

Government Departments: Photographs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Departments hire official photographers as staff members.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
22 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Departments hire official photographers as staff members.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Information on how many departments hire official photographers as staff members is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office Communications team employs two Digital Media Officers who support government work in Departments and undertak...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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