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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Social Media

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 7 January 2026UIN 100262

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

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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