Question follow-through · 99693
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many full time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 23 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many full time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Dec 2025
Answer published
In 2023 there were 4.6 full time equivalent staff.In 2024 there were 9.3.In 2025 there were 9.3. The number is lower for 2023 as the department was new and still recruiting. While these staff members have social media content creation as part of their rol...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a list of training programmes used by civil servants in his Department since 2023.
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