Josh Fenton-Glynn: Scotland Office: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Scotland Office: Social Media

Thursday 6th March 2025

Asked by: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour - Calder Valley)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Scotland Office operates 6 social media accounts across X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and Threads. It does not have any paid social media subscriptions.

The amount spent on advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years was:

Year	Channel	Amount
2022/3	Facebook/ Instagram	£49,893
2023/4	Facebook/ Instagram	£17,725
2024/5 (to date)	Facebook/ Instagram	£4,019