Question follow-through · 86462
Department for Work and Pensions: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising by (a) influencer and (b) organisation in each of the last five financial years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his 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.
6 Nov 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to PQ 81251.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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