Press office
News Desk: 020 3334 3536 (Monday - Friday: 7am to 8pm)
Specialist Desks - see contact details below (Monday - Friday: 9am to 5.30pm)
Emergency media calls (out-of-hours): 07659 173 270
Acting Head of News Rob Smith: 020 3334 3505
Acting Deputy Head of News Simon Steel: 020 3334 3510
Chief Press Officers
Debbie Kirby: 020 3334 3520
Simon Steel: 020 3334 3510
Fran Murphy: 020 3334 3532
Victoria Buxton: 020 3334 3541
Sagar Sharma: 020 3334 3516
Eve Shuttleworth: 020 3334 3539
News Desk
Open 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday: 020 3334 3536
First point of contact for all breaking news and major developments, including interview requests, central co-ordination of departmental enquiries, facts, figures and statistics, statements and diary information.
Senior Press Officer Stuart Green
Press Officers
Peter Huntingford
Yasser Mehmood
Lauren Starr
David Wrottesley
James Rea
Democracy and Constitution Desk
Senior Press Officer Anna Sinfield: 020 3334 3535
Press Officers
Katherine Pateman: 020 3334 3508
Katherine Hyde: 020 3334 3537
Civil and Family Justice Desk
Senior Press Officer Peter Morris: 020 3334 3531
Press Officers
Alia Syed: 020 3334 3529
Lisa Miller: 020 3334 3534
Criminal Justice, Victims and Witnesses and Legal Aid Desk
Senior Press Officer Becky Dearden: 020 3334 3528
Press Officers
Cihan Altan: 020 3334 3506
Darcy Mitchell: 020 3334 3533
Senior Press Officer Jo Oakes: 020 3334 3513
Press Officers
Nilima Fox: 020 3334 3525
Lisa Frascarelli: 020 3334 3540
Offender Management Desk
Senior Press Officer Paul Shaw: 020 3334 3519
Press Officers
Jen Wood: 020 3334 3518
Tom Hodson: 020 3334 3527
Lydia Austen: 020 3334 3713
Probation and Public Protection Desk
Senior Press Officer Joanna Jacobson: 020 3334 3523
Press Officers
Suzanne Colley: 020 3334 3524
Hugo Biggs: 020 3334 3514
News Planning Desk
Senior News Planner Martha Williams: 020 3334 3542
News Planner
Shailja Morris: 020 3334 3526
Campaigns Desk
Senior Press Officer Paul Halford: 020 3334 3546
Press Officers
Victoria Burton: 020 3334 3503
Robert Williams: 020 3334 3530