Question follow-through · 92418
Government Communication Service: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been monitored by the Government Communications Service in the previous year.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been monitored by the Government Communications Service in the previous year.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government Communication Service (GCS) monitors publicly available media posts, under strict controls, to measure communication effectiveness, understand public narratives, and address potential mis/disinformation. GCS does not access private informat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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