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.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to PQ 81251.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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