Question follow-through · 74704

Department for Transport: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has spent money on promotion through social media influencers since July 2024.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
11 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has spent money on promotion through social media influencers since July 2024.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport has spent money on social media influencers since July 2024. Influencers can be effective in reaching audiences that the Government and traditional marketing channels find hard to reach.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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