Question follow-through · 3085
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- 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.
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on communications in the last 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
For the financial year 2023/24 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spent £7.6m on communications including payroll and advertising.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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