Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) her Department and (b) each of its arm’s length bodies has spent on external communications through (i) Crown Commercial Service agreement RM6125 and (ii) other agreements since 5 July 2024; and which firms have received funding.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Total spend on external communications from 5 July 2024 to 6 March 2025 is £35,478,270.30.
This includes the following spending:
We only have data for arms length body spending through Oak National Academy, which spent £128,465.98.
Total spend through the framework is £34,553,792.52.
The vast majority of the spend constitutes the department’s key campaigns which are Get in to Teaching, Childcare Choices, Skills for life and Further Education. We are unable to detail the spend by campaign.
Top ten supplier spend through the framework is shown here:
Supplier | Spend (£) | % participation |
WAVEMAKER LIMITED | 163,975.79 | 0.47% |
KINDRED AGENCY LIMITED | 180,430.41 | 0.52% |
Verian Group UK Limited | 308,302.50 | 0.89% |
FOUR COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 536,585.42 | 1.55% |
BLACKBERRY PRODUCTIONS LTD | 610,447.58 | 1.77% |
SCROLL PROJECTS LTD | 939,406.87 | 2.72% |
M&C SAATCHI (UK) LIMITED | 969,646.82 | 2.81% |
BAM AGENCY LTD | 1,017,463.71 | 2.94% |
HAVAS WORLDWIDE LONDON LTD | 1,231,164.17 | 3.56% |
OMD GROUP TA MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD LTD | 28,028,649.23 | 81.12% |
Asked by: John Cooper (Conservative - Dumfries and Galloway)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department has not spent any money on media or voice training for Ministers since 5 July 2024.