Question follow-through · 27764
Department for Transport: Public Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) her Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies has spent on external public relations since 5 July 2024; and which firms that funding went to.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) her Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies has spent on external public relations since 5 July 2024; and which firms that funding went to.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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7 Feb 2025
Answer published
A summary of the department and it’s Arm’s Length Bodies spend on external public relations since 5 July 2024 is as follows:Department for Transport, DVSA, DVLA and National Highways: £0Maritime and Coastguard Agency: £24,560 with the agency 23Red.Network...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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