Question follow-through · 3073

Government Communication Service: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Communications Service spent on filming content for Ministers’ social media channels in each of the last five years.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Communications Service spent on filming content for Ministers’ social media channels in each of the last five years.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Government Departments are responsible for their own social media content. The Government Communications Service does not provide a central resource for this. The Cabinet Office employs two digital officers who are responsible for producing social media c...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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