Question follow-through · 20488

Department of Health and Social Care: Media

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

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 21 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 Health and Social Care, 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. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has spent at total of £840 including VAT on media training for ministers, since 5 July 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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