Question follow-through · 51460

Department for Business and Trade: Saatchi and Saatchi

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on services provided by Saatchi and Saatchi since July 2024; and for what purposes.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
14 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on services provided by Saatchi and Saatchi since July 2024; and for what purposes.

  2. 14 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has not spent any money with Saatchi and Saatchi since July 2024, nor does it have a contract for services with them.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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