§ Mr. Alan DuncanTo ask the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much his Department spent on press officers in(a) 1996–97 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by grade. [185823]
§ Mr. LeslieThe Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) was created in June 2003. Figures are available for the period June 2003 to March 2004 only.
£ Grade Numbers Total salaries1 Span 9 (G6) 1 35,994 Span 8 (G7) 2 64,325 Span 7 (S10) 4 134,418 Span 6 (10) 8 190,966 1June 2003 to March 2004 These figures do not include the Director and Deputy Director of Communications, who speak to the media but on a far more infrequent basis than press officers.