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Government Departments: Advertising

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81327

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 75722 on Government Departments: Advertising, how much was spent by each Department by (a) platform and (b) programme or activity.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

For section (a) please see the below table, noting that some figures may differ slightly from those previously stated in the referenced parliamentary question. This is due to different accounting practices related to departmental reporting categorisations versus billing categorisations.

The information is being provided in this format to protect potential sensitivities.

META

LINKEDIN IRELAND LIMITED

NEXTDOOR

PINTEREST

REDDIT UK LIMITED

SNAPCHAT

TIKTOK INFO TECH UK LTD

WEARE8 LTD

£ 11,609,948.92

£ 5,387,475.63

£ 377,751.18

£ 484,954.15

£ 2,224,133.70

£ 5,590,619.38

£ 381,702.50

£ 10,000.00

For section (b), the information requested is not held in a format suitable for publication.

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