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Department for Business and Trade: Social Media

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 99681

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.

Answered by Kate Dearden

Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who are employed to produce social media content from staff who are employed to work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to report exact figures in response to this question.

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