Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much money has been spent on the Counter Disinformation Unit in each year since 2021.

In October 2023 the Counter Disinformation Unit became the National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT). The name more accurately reflects the team’s revised remit to identify and understand information threats that pose national security and public safety risks to UK audiences from mis and disinformation.

It would not be appropriate for me to share details of the department’s spend on counter-disinformation as this could give hostile actors insights into UK capabilities.