Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual cost to the public purse of the 406 agencies and other public bodies listed on the gov.uk website is.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Public Bodies 2018/19 report, published on 22 March 2019, sets out the gross resource expenditure of
the 301 arm’s length bodies which include all executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies as well
as non-ministerial departments, the latter of which are not included in the 406 bodies listed on gov.uk. As of
31 March 2018, the gross resource expenditure was £203.8 billion. Further information on how this cost is
broken down per organisation across services provided, running costs of the organisation and other costs
can be obtained from the organisations directly
The annual cost to the public purse of the other public bodies listed on the gov.uk website is not held
centrally.
Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on promoting adverts on (a) Google and (b) other media relating to the UK's exit from the EU by (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) HM Treasury, (iii) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (iv) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (v) his Department (A) between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018 and (B) since 16 November 2018; and what proportion of the annual Government communications expenditure those figures represent in each of those periods.
Answered by Chloe Smith
This answer relates to spend from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office only.
Between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office spent £32,512.98 on social media posts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Furthermore, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office did not spend any money with Google or other media on promoting adverts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on promoting social media posts on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) other social media relating to the UK's exit from the EU by (i) 10 Downing Street, (ii) HM Treasury, (iii) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (iv) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (v) his Department (A) between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018 and (B) since 16 November 2018; and what proportion of the annual Government communications expenditure those figures represent in each of those periods.
Answered by Chloe Smith
This answer relates to spend from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office only.
Between 12 July 2018 and 15 November 2018, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office spent £32,512.98 on social media posts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.
Furthermore, the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister’s Office did not spend any money with Google or other media on promoting adverts related to the UK’s exit from the EU. Spend for November will be published in due course as part of our normal data release.