Question follow-through · 20482

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Media

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

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

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

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The department has not spent any money on media or voice training services for Ministers since 5 July 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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