Public relations staff, spend and agencies

Please can you provide all information for the financial year 2019-20, and where possible for the year 2020-21

1. The total amount spent by the local authority on external public relations support –

Nil for both years

2. The names of all public relations agencies who received money from the local authority–

Following our response to question 1, we do not hold this information

3. The total number of public relations staff directly employed by the local authority –

4.65 full time employees in 2019/20.  We do not yet hold the information for the year 2020/21

4. The total wage bill of the public relations staff directly employed by the local authority 

£240,000 in 2019/20. We do not yet hold the information for the year 2020/21