Question follow-through · 102851

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Marketing

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

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
20 Jan 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The advertising and marketing spend will be as follows, ‘24-25 £3m (Core & Agencies), 23-24 restated figures £6m (Core & Agencies) & 22-23 restated figures £1m (Core & Agencies).’ All figures can be found in the annual reports. Core and Ag...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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