Asked by: Nigel Huddleston (Conservative - Droitwich and Evesham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and what proportion of central Government advertising spend was spent with (a) Meta, (b) Google, (c) Twitter/X, (d) YouTube and (e) TikTok in the last (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) 12 months; and what the total spend was in each of those periods.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
As digital and social media become central to how people consume information, Government is adapting its communications approach to meet audiences where they are.
Digital and social media channels enable us to reach audiences more cost-effectively, delivering better value from communications budgets.
The table shows monthly platform expenditure for the last 12 complete months. Twitter/X is excluded due to zero expenditure. This list is not comprehensive of all social media platforms used.
Date | Meta | TikTok | YouTube | Grand Total | |
Jan 25 | £1,115,953.00 | £1,213,342.00 | £0 | £702,900.00 | £3,032,195.00 |
Feb 25 | £1,514,555.00 | £1,510,013.00 | £114,589.00 | £853,837.00 | £3,992,994.00 |
Mar 25 | £2,062,190.00 | £3,202,959.00 | £157,767.00 | £1,366,138.00 | £6,789,054.00 |
Apr 25 | £343,556.00 | £231,438.00 | £0 | £153,443.00 | £728,437.00 |
May 25 | £394,475.00 | £197,552.00 | £0 | £249,593.00 | £841,620.00 |
Jun 25 | £449,914.00 | £488,775.00 | £0 | £214,741.00 | £1,153,430.00 |
Jul 25 | £1,058,727.00 | £772,827.00 | £0 | £195,158.00 | £2,026,712.00 |
Aug 25 | £1,613,621.00 | £959,909.00 | £0 | £270,287.00 | £2,843,817.00 |
Sep 25 | £1,429,652.00 | £972,581.00 | £0 | £273,406.00 | £2,675,639.00 |
Oct 25 | £1,863,553.00 | £1,517,730.00 | £58,723.00 | £393,222.00 | £3,833,228.00 |
Nov 25 | £2,222,017.00 | £1,803,863.00 | £132,931.00 | £365,748.00 | £4,524,559.00 |
Dec 25 | £1,962,956.00 | £1,692,115.00 | £259,102.00 | £469,430.00 | £4,383,603.00 |
Asked by: Nigel Huddleston (Conservative - Droitwich and Evesham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
What plans he has to change the time limit on the entitlement of UK citizens living overseas to register to vote in UK parliamentary elections.
Answered by Chloe Smith
British citizens living abroad retain strong links with the United Kingdom, no matter how far they have travelled.The Government is supporting the Member for Montgomeryshire’s Private Member’s Bill on Overseas Electors which delivers our manifesto commitment to introduce votes for life.