- Title or Description
- Communications and Public Relations Spend
- FOI Number
- 2024285
- Date Received
- 06/03/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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Please provide your total spend on communications and public relations for the last three financial year's (20/21,21/22,22/23). For each year I would like a breakdown containing the following information Spend on communications and public relations activities.
Total number of communications and public relations employees.
Total salary cost for all communications and public relations employees - Response
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20/21 7,618.50
21/22 5,623.77
22/23 2,796.60
Please note, these figures do not include spend on recruitment or property sale/lease advertising or statutory notices. Other advertising spend has also been excluded, for example information based adverts e.g. BT Phonebook. The spend included above covers, amongst other things, campaigns relating to festive waste and recycling changes, Cost of Living support information, COVID-19 support, and event advertising undertaken by the Council e.g. 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. 20/21 14
21/22 14
22/23
16 Please note, the above totals relate to the full Communications and Marketing service, which includes in-house Print Service and Graphic Design team, as well as a Communications and Marketing team. The totals reflect the total number of employees paid during the financial year, including where only employed part of the year (i.e. where an employee left mid-year and was replaced 2 have been counted)
20/21 446,501
21/22 472,761
22/23 532,278
