Question follow-through · 123128
Ministry of Justice: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice has not paid for followers on its social media platforms.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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