Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what total cost to the public purse, inclusive of VAT, was incurred by his Department between May 2018 and May 2022 for media buying services provided under the Crown Commercial Service's media buying framework agreement reference RM6003, exclusive of any procurement of media buying services related to the covid-19 outbreak.

The Media Buying framework agreement (RM6003) started on 7th November 2018 and ended on 21st May 2022.

The framework agreement was awarded to OMD Group Ltd (OmniGov) following a competitive tendering process in 2018.

During the requested period (May 2018 to May 2022), the Government Communication Service in the Cabinet Office had a total spend of £101,852,321.90 (excluding COVID-19 spend) through this framework.