Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on advertising in each month since January 2020; which campaigns were funded by that expenditure; and which media (a) outlets and (b) platforms were used for those campaigns.

Departmental advertising spend since January 2020 is shown below:

• Date: November 2020, Campaign: EU Transition, Platform/Outlet: Business News Wales print publication, Cost: £6,000;
• Date: November 2020, Campaign: EU Transition, Platform/Outlet: Reach PLC x 3, Cost: £73,840.33 (£30,000 + £30,000 + £13,840.33);
• Date: December 2020, Campaign: EU Transition, Platform/Outlet: Twitter, Cost: £241.94;
• Date: December 2020, Campaign: Covid-19 Business Support, Platform/Outlet: Twitter, Cost: £201.26;
• Date: December 2020, Campaign: EU Transition, Platform/Outlet: Reach PLC, Cost: £5,937.25;
• Date: December 2020, Campaign: Covid-19 business support, Platform/Outlet: Facebook, Cost: £500;
• Date: January 2021, Campaign: EU Transition, Platform/Outlet: Reach PLC, Cost: £9,602.70.

The above figures relate to direct Wales Office spend only and do not include spending in Wales on advertising by other UK Government departments.