Question follow-through · 26657
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of producing the video published on his Department’s X account on 25 August 2026, including the cost of (a) the cake, (b) fees and expen
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of producing the video published on his Department’s X account on 25 August 2026, including the cost of (a) the cake, (b) fees and expen
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
There were no fees associated with the production of the video. We used in-house resource to film and edit it, and the participant did not charge fees for appearance, expenses or the cake.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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