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Department of Health and Social Care: Social Media

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 86463

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising by (a) influencer and (b) organisation in each of the last five financial years.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The specific information breakdown requested is commercially confidential.

However, significant payments to companies, £25,000 and over, are published by month as part of the Department’s transparency data. This information is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000--2

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