Question follow-through · 86461
Department for Transport: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on social media advertising by (a) influencer and (b) organisation in each of the last five financial years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on social media advertising by (a) influencer and (b) organisation in each of the last five financial years.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
Sensitivities exist around aspects of this spend which could prejudice commercial interests. All spend in these areas are subject to the standard value for money assessments.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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