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Department of Health and Social Care: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Significant payments to companies, £25,000 and over, are published by month as part of the Department’s transparency data. This provides the most up to date data, including the companies used to deliver advertising and marketing. They are available at the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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