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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Marketing

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 102851

The question

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

Answered by Ian Murray

The advertising and marketing spend will be as follows, ‘24-25 £3m (Core & Agencies), 23-24 restated figures £6m (Core & Agencies) & 22-23 restated figures £1m (Core & Agencies).’ All figures can be found in the annual reports.

Core and Agencies* - The core department, Building Digital UK, and UK Space Agency.

22/23

23/24

24/25

£1m Core

£6m Core

£3m Core

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