Question follow-through · 106863
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: X Corp
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only for organic (non-paid) content to communicate policies and public services. One month of X Premium was purchased in August 2024 at a cost of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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