Question follow-through · 33297

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
10 Apr 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government communicates across a range of media channels in order to reach its target audience effectively. Channels are selected based on whether they will reach the intended audience on a specific issue to have the most impact. Social media is an es...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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