Question follow-through · 11780

Department for Education: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Department spent on public communications, marketing and social media campaigns in each of the last three financial years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
24 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Department spent on public communications, marketing and social media campaigns in each of the last three financial years.

  2. 24 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Spend is reported in the department’s annual reports and accounts under ‘Communications, publicity and advertising’ which is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687794132bad77c3dae4dc67/DfE_consolidated_annual_report_and_accounts_...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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