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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social Media

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 100830

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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 last three years.

Answered by Chris Elmore

Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who work on social media from staff who work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to provide the requested data in response to this question.

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