Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department has spent on X and xAI since July 2024.

Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only to communicate policies and public services. This incurs a small annual cost where it is appropriate for a channel to have a Premium subscription, but total figures for this are not held centrally.

The Ministry of Defence has not entered into any contracts with X or xAI and therefore has recorded no contract spend with the company. Any official Defence use of social media or AI is subject to a range of policies relating to acceptable and responsible use, including the responsible AI policy framework set out in the Dependable AI Joint Services Publication 936.