Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

HMT’s spend on advertising and marketing in the last three financial years can be found summarized in the below table:

*All expenditure on advertising/marketing in 2024/25 can be attributed to costs associated with the sale of Natwest shares, which was entirely recharged back to Natwest group.