2024007

Request regarding NHSCFA Total spend on communications and PR 2020-23.

Published: 5 March 2024

Information requested

‘Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

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’

NHSCFA response

Spend Area 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Total spend on communications and public relations activities. 590,506 579,413 694,826
Total salary cost for all communications and public relations employees (included in total above) 518,127 460,231 494,450
Total number of communications and public relations employees (wte) 9.2 7.9 7.4

In terms of the above figures:

Total Spend on Communications and public relation activities – This is the total cost of the Communications function for the years requested. NHS Counter Fraud Authority do not have any specific costs for communications campaigns (with external suppliers) and the majority of the communications costs are staff related.

Total salary cost for all communication and public relations employees is payroll staff costs.

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