Question follow-through · 20478

Department for Business and Trade: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers since 5 July 2024.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2024
Answer: 24 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers since 5 July 2024.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade has not spent anything on media and voice training for Ministers since 5 July 2024.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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