A question on #Ofcom #Staff tabled by Dame Caroline Dinenage on 17-04-2025 has been answered by Feryal Clark.

Heading: Ofcom: Staff
Question ID: 1794271
UIN: 45594
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-17
Asking Member ID: 4008
Asking Member display name: Dame Caroline Dinenage
Asking Member handle: cj_dinenage
Asking Member Twitter reference: @cj_dinenage
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of employees required for Ofcom’s Online Safety Directorate to effectively carry out its duties.
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Date answered: 2025-04-29
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Answering Member ID: 4822
Answering Member display name: Feryal Clark
Answering Member handle: FeryalClark
Answering Member Twitter reference: @FeryalClark
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Answer text: In 2023/24, Ofcom had 189 full-time equivalent posts in the Online Safety Group. This does not include staff who work on online safety in other groups such as legal, enforcement and research.The government has ensured Ofcom has the funding it needs to del...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tweeted: true