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Living Wage and Minimum Wage: Publicity

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 July 2025UIN 62766

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 52687 on Pay: Publicity, which (a) publications, (b) channels and (c) sites paid-for advertising was undertaken on.

Answered by Justin Madders

a). Publications: No paid advertising for this campaign ran in print publications.

b). Channels: These were:

o Online digital display advertising

o Digital online video (YouTube)

o Social media (Snapchat, Meta - Facebook/Instagram, Reddit)

o Radio

o Out of home: train card panels in national rail/bus interiors, beermats in 1000 pubs and digital screens in gyms

o Paid search (Google)

o Use of six digital influencers (Instagram/TikTok)

c). Sites: Online digital display advertising is bought programmatically by audience, not by site, and it is thus not possible to provide details of the sites that users saw such advertising appearing on. In addition, advertising appeared on the social media and search sites listed in answer to part b) above.

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