Question follow-through · 106866
Department for Work and Pensions: X Corp
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 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. No expenditure has been made by the DWP with X since July 2024.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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