Portsmouth City Council's duty media officer can help answer enquiries from the media.
Contact us at corporate.communications@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or on 023 9268 8073. We are open: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm. The council does not have an out-of-hours press office.
Please note:
- for Freedom of Information enquiries, contact the FOI team at foi@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
- for filming permission requests, visit the filming in Portsmouth page or contact the events team at filming@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Our policy for dealing with the media
Our corporate communications team is the first port of call for all media enquiries.
We will either respond to your enquiry direct, or arrange interviews with councillors and officers for you.
Our media policy is to be:
- open, honest, transparent and proactive
- helpful to the media in facilitating photographic opportunities, interviews and other reasonable requests
Our Corporate Communications team will:
- respond as quickly and effectively as possible to your enquiry
- promote our brand and reputation
- abide by data protection and other laws concerning the rights of our residents, and our staff as employees
- respect the confidential nature of information which is retained by the council on individual cases or which is commercially sensitive