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Treasury: Marketing

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKTreasuryTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102840

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

Answered by Lucy Rigby

HMT’s spend on advertising and marketing in the last three financial years can be found summarized in the below table:

Financial Year

(a) Advertising

(b) Marketing

2023/24

£0

£0

2024/25

£2,518,240.26*

£0

2025/26 (as at November 2025)

£0

£0

*All expenditure on advertising/marketing in 2024/25 can be attributed to costs associated with the sale of Natwest shares, which was entirely recharged back to Natwest group.

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