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Department for Business and Trade: Public Relations

Commons · Question 27762 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 7 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by John Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its arm’s length bodies has paid to external public relations firms since 5 July 2024; and to list those firms.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 7 Feb 2025

Public relations activity is a subset of communication spend. As such, this data is not held. The Government Communication Service encourages the prioritisation of low and no cost public relations activities wherever possible.It is recommended that all ex...