Question follow-through · 20486

Department for Work and Pensions: Media

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

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 4 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 Work and Pensions, 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. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    At the time of writing, there has been NIL spend on this type of training for ministers.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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