Question follow-through · 20492

Ministry of Defence: Media

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

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 16 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 18 Dec 2024
Answer: 6 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.
6 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Directorate of Defence Communications in the Ministry of Defence Head Office spend on media and voice training for Ministers since 5 July 2024 is nil.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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