Question follow-through · 20997

Department for Education: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to Question 13818, on DfE: Social Media, what was the aggregate cost of paying the 57 influencers in 2025-26, including agency fees.

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
10 Sept 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to Question 13818, on DfE: Social Media, what was the aggregate cost of paying the 57 influencers in 2025-26, including agency fees.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    As set out in the answer to Question 1175 on 2 June 2026, the department’s influencer marketing spend in 2025 to 2026 totalled £589,671. Influencer marketing forms part of the department’s wider marketing approach, reflecting changes in how audiences cons...

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