Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on advertising, marketing and external communications in 2016-17.
The Scotland Office did not spend any budget on television, radio, national or local newspaper, online or other types of advertising in the financial year 2016-17. £15,955.65 was spent on social media advertising.
The Scotland Office spent £506.22 on design and print to support the UK Government’s attendance at the Royal Highland Show in 2016.
The creation of animated digital content is carried out in-house by Scotland Office staff at no additional cost.