Question follow-through · 117996
Department for Business and Trade: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026, to Question 107051, on DBT: Social Media, if he will name any other specific social media influencers who have been commissioned by the department or its cont
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2026, to Question 107051, on DBT: Social Media, if he will name any other specific social media influencers who have been commissioned by the department or its cont
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
Apart from the 2025 National Minimum and Living Wage campaign, no other social media influencers have been commissioned by the Department or its contractors to undertake paid advertising for other campaigns or programmes since July 2024.Influencer marketi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Productivity
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on productivity; and what information his Department holds on the OBR having made such an assessment.
Recruitment: Fraud
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) his department and (b) ACAS have issued on whether an employee can be summarily dismissed for gross misconduct if they lie or deceive when applying for the job.
Public Relations: Russia
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether guidance has been given by HM Government to the UK public relations and public affairs industry on the (a) exporting of public relations and public affairs services to Russia, and (b) UK-based
Business: Regulation
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has a policy for reviews of regulations that have been introduced.
UK Trade with EU
1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the "Letter from The Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP to the Prime Minister", published 10 June 2026, if he will publish the minute of the meeting of 31 July 2024.
Conditions of Employment
1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the written statement on Implementing the Employment Rights Act: June Consultations on Employment Rights for Unpaid Carers, Time off for Public Duties and Government responses, HCWS10
EU Files Forum
1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 13 March 2026 to Question 117997 on EU Files Forum, if he will list the organisations that attended each of those meetings.
Department for Business and Trade: Government Communication Service
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff, and of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many
Government Departments: Marketing
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161 on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by the Department since the Government Chief Commer
Insolvency: Data Protection
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what are the powers of (a) the Secretary of State, (b) Insolvency Service and (c) Insolvency Practitioners to request that corporate electronic communications held by a company in administration are re
Department for Business and Trade: China
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the answer of 16 April 2026, to Question 126612, on China: Clean Energy, whether (a) Memorandums of Understanding and (b) non-legally binding agreements have been agreed between the (
Conditions of Employment
8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is his planned timetable for (a) consulting on and (b) implementing the right to switch off and the associated Statutory Code of Practice.