Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Union Unit, and (c) the Union Taskforce spent on advertising in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much is budgeted for that purpose for each of those groups for 2021-22.
The Office keeps financial information for seven financial years, so available information only extends to 2013-14.
The Office’s annual expenditure on all advertising, including paid-for promotion on digital platforms including social media promotion, and paid-for listings in search results was as follows:
Financial Year | Social Media Promotion | Paid-for listings in search results | Total expenditure on advertising |
2013-2014 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
2014-2015 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
2015-2016 | £371 | Nil | £371 |
2016-2017 | £15,956 | Nil | £15,956 |
2017-2018 | £22,829 | £1,647 | £24,476 |
2018-2019 | £46,217 | £11,829 | £58,046 |
2019-2020 | £36,704 | Nil | £36,704 |
The Office does not hold information on budget allocations for 2021/22 at this time.
The Office does not hold figures for the Union Unit or Union Taskforce.