Costs and headcount in Communications/PR on vesting day and 1st April 2024
Dear Somerset Council,
When Somerset Council was formally vested on the 1st of April 2023 and 5 councils merged into one unitary council:
Q1. How many staff were "inherited" with a communications/public relations role (by headcount and by Full-Time Equivalent) when the 5 councils merged into 1?
Q2a. What was the overall budget for communications/public relations (incl all staffing costs, employment overheads, external spend, consultancy, agency costs etc) at the 1st of April 2023 (for the 23/24 year)?
Q2b. What was the actual 23/24 spend for communications/public relations (incl all staffing costs, employment overheads, external spend, consultancy, agency costs etc)?
As of the 1st of April 2024:
Q3. How many staff are there with a communications/public relations role (by headcount and by Full-Time Equivalent)?
Q4. What is the current overall budget for communications/public relations (incl all staffing costs, employment overheads, external spend, consultancy, agency costs etc) for the 24/25 year?
Yours faithfully,
Dave Orr
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Dear Dave Orr
Thank you for your request for information received on 9 September 2024 .
Please find attached our response to your request.
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Jo Adams
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