To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. (256073)

DECC has 13 members of staff who are classified as Government communicators and have access to the Government Communication Network. These include:

One Director of Communications

One Head of News

One Chief Press Officer

Four Press Officers

Six Marketing officers

DECC has no executive agencies.