Ministry of Justice

Press office

Press Office opening hours and contact details

 


News Desk: 020 3334 3536 (Monday - Friday: 07:00 to 20:00)
Specialist Desks - see contact details below (Monday - Friday: 09:00 to 17:30)
Emergency media calls (out-of-hours): 07659 173 270

Head of News Vickie Sheriff: 020 3334 3500

Deputy Head of News Rob Smith: 020 3334 3505

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

News Desk

Open 0700-2000 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

Pam Afghan
Cihan Altan
Zoë Campbell
Peter Huntingford
Yasser Mehmood
Lauren Starr

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
Séverine Gould-Chanroux: 020 3334 3533
Eve Shuttleworth: 020 3334 3539

Criminal Justice Desk

Senior Press Officer Jo Oakes: 020 3334 3513

Press Officers

Nicole Valentinuzzi: 020 3334 3547
Tom Hodson: 020 3334 3527
Andrew Winstone: 020 3334 3530

Victims and Witnesses and Legal Aid Desk


Senior Press Officer
Jo Oakes: 020 3334 3513

Press Officer   Nilima Fox: 020 3334 3525

Offender Management Desk

Senior Press Officer Paul Shaw: 020 3334 3519
Senior Press Officer Becky Dearden: 020 3334 3528

Press Officers

Catriona Combe: 020 3334 3521
Jen Wood: 020 3334 3518

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
James Rea: 020 3334 3543

Campaigns Desk

Senior Press Officer Paul Halford: 020 3334 3546

Victoria Burton: 020 3334 3503