Question follow-through · 3081
Department for Business and Trade: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department spent on communications in the latest year for which data is available.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department spent on communications in the latest year for which data is available.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), including spend by predecessor Department for International Trade (DIT), spent £24,299,000 on communications in financial year 2022-2023 as reported in the Department’s annual report and accounts, available on ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Intellectual Property
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Department for Business and Trade: Equality
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Industry: Investment
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has allocated for the (a) advertising and (b) promotion of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy 2025, published 23 June 2025 in the (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27 financial years;
Department for Business and Trade: Performance Appraisal
31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many of those cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or b
Department for Business and Trade: Conditions of Employment
31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department (a) did not retain employment following the completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five years.
Department for Business and Trade: Termination of Employment
31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff left his Department in each of the last five years by grade.
Department for Business and Trade: Disability
31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
Department for Business and Trade: Employment Tribunals Service
31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against his Department in for (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010 in each of the last five years.
Competition and Markets Authority and Financial Reporting Council: Staff
5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people have been employed by the (a) Competition and Markets Authority and (b) Financial Reporting Council in each year since 2005.
Competition and Markets Authority and Financial Reporting Council: Finance
5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the annual budget was for the (a) Competition and Markets Authority and (b) Financial Reporting Council in each year since 2005.
Department for Business and Trade: Sick Leave
3 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average number of working days lost to sickness absence per full-time equivalent member of staff was in (a) the Department and (b) its executive agencies in the last year; and how many formal