Question follow-through · 23108

Treasury: Media

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20489 on Treasury: Media, which contractors were used for the spending on media training; and which Ministers received the media training.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20489 on Treasury: Media, which contractors were used for the spending on media training; and which Ministers received the media training.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The media training was provided by Freud Communications. The Ministers who received the training were the former Economic Secretary, the Exchequer Secretary and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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