Wales Office: Advertising

(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on social media advertising in each month since January 2020, and on which platforms that money was spent.


Answered by
Simon Hart Portrait
Simon Hart
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
This question was answered on 13th April 2021

Departmental social media advertising spend since January 2020 is shown below:

  • 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: Covid-19 business support, Platform/Outlet: Facebook, Cost: £500.

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

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