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
Head of News Scot Marchbank: 020 3334 3501
Deputy Head of News Rob Smith: 020 3334 3505
Chief Press Officers
Simon Steel: 020 3334 3510
Debbie Kirby: 020 3334 3520
Fran Murphy: 020 3334 3532
Victoria Buxton: 020 3334 3541
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
Katherine Hyde
Suzanne Colley
Yasser Mehmood
James Rea
Georgina Mear
Darcy Mitchell
Laws, Rights and International Desk
Senior Press Officer Becky Dearden: 020 3334 3528
Press Officer
Hannah Murdoch: 020 3334 3548
Justice Desk
Senior Press Officer Cubby Fox: 020 3334 3516
Press Officers
Nilima Fox: 020 3334 3525
Lisa Frascarelli: 020 3334 3540
Matthew O'Toole: 020 3334 3530
Civil, Family and Legal Aid Desk
Senior Press Officer Peter Morris: 020 3334 3531
Press Officers
Andrew Chiles: 020 3334 3573
Offender Management Desk
Senior Press Officer Jen Wood: 020 3334 3518
Press Officers
Tom Hodson: 020 3334 3527
Lydia Austen: 020 3334 3521
Peter Huntingford: 020 3334 3517
Probation and Public Protection Desk
Senior Press Officer Joanna Jacobson: 020 3334 3523
Press Officers
Hugo Biggs: 020 3334 3514
Catherine Macdonald: 020 3334 3535
News Planning Desk
Senior News Planner Martha Williams: 020 3334 3542
News Planner
Sara Valenti: 020 3334 3303
Media Content, Analysis and Digital Desk
Senior Press Officer Paul Halford: 020 3334 3546
Press Officers
Victoria Burton: 020 3334 3503
Alia Syed: 020 3334 3529


