Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport has spent £783.30 with X since July 2024.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only for organic (non-paid) content to communicate policies and public services.
One month of X Premium was purchased in August 2024 at a cost of £9.60. This was paid to use the livestreaming functionality available with X Premium at a departmental event.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much their Department has spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Samantha Dixon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
We have a monthly subscription with xPro and have spent £153.60 since July 2024.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only for organic (non-paid) content to communicate policies and public services.
No expenditure has been made by the DWP with X since July 2024.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any former Cabinet Ministers who are not former Prime Ministers retain access to the Government Car Service.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Government Car Service (GCS) does not provide services to any former Cabinet Ministers.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only for organic (non-paid) content to communicate policies and public services.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has spent a total of £481 since July 2024 on an X Premium Plus subscription.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The department has spent £84 on X and £0 on xAI. The X spending is for a Premium subscription in order to use X Pro, a social media monitoring tool.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only for organic (non-paid) content to communicate policies and public services.
The Department for Business and Trade has spent £84.00 with X since July 2024 on X Premium, the platform’s premium subscription service.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
No expenditure has been made by DSIT with X since July 2024.
Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department has spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a SAFE Framework assessment. X is currently used only to communicate policies and public services. This incurs a small annual cost where it is appropriate for a channel to have a Premium subscription, but total figures for this are not held centrally.
The Ministry of Defence has not entered into any contracts with X or xAI and therefore has recorded no contract spend with the company. Any official Defence use of social media or AI is subject to a range of policies relating to acceptable and responsible use, including the responsible AI policy framework set out in the Dependable AI Joint Services Publication 936.