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Department of Health and Social Care: Marketing

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 July 2026UIN 15247

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise by his Department since the Government Chief

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Department’s Communications Directorate has not approved or incurred any expenditure on branded goods and merchandise since April 2025. We have implemented this policy across the wider Department, but do not collate this data centrally.

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