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Department for Business and Trade: Marketing

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 January 2026UIN 102850

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department has spent on (a) advertising and (b) marketing in each of the last three years.

Answered by Kate Dearden

Government marketing supports the effective communication of operational and policy objectives by effectively understanding and meeting the needs of citizens and businesses, changing behaviours for personal, societal and economic benefit.

Total advertising and marketing spend with the Department for Business and Trade’s media buying agency for the last three financial years is as follows:

22/23

23/24

24/25

£13,124,598

£13,375,087

£12,486,569

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