Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government plans to replicate in full EU directive 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU within UK legislation if the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
The EU (Withdrawal) Act will provide a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU, so the laws and rules we have now will, so far as possible, continue to apply.
This includes Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which captures the principle that there should be equal pay for equal work between male and female workers.
It is right that this principle should continue to be fully available in our domestic law after exit.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 199866, if he will publish the UK postcodes that were targeted by his Department for advertising on Facebook on the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The department has not spent any money on advertising through it’s Facebook channel. Therefore, postcode targeting information is not held. The information in question 199866 relates exclusively to the departmental Twitter account however we can also confirm that no postcode targeting has taken place on this channel.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188822 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Facebook, which geographies including the details of any postcodes used have been targeted by his Department to ensure that their adverts are optimised to reach the right audience.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department has previously confirmed (Question 188822) that a geographical targeted approach was used to ensure effective communication through social media.
Social media campaigns, including Facebook, have targeted EU citizens to communicate the progress of the UK’s EU exit. This has included the following countries:
UK
Hungary
Luxembourg
Estonia
Latvia
Slovenia
Lithuania
Croatia
Romania
Slovakia
Finland
Denmark
Bulgaria
Austria
Sweden
Portugal
Czech Republic
Greece
Netherlands
Poland
Ireland
Belgium
Italy
Spain
France
Germany
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's Facebook adverts entitled road to brexit since 23 June 2016; whether those adverts were geotargeted; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
The Department takes seriously its responsibility to communicate the progress of the UK's EU exit with the public. We are committed to doing so in the most effective and accessible ways, including through social media and we use a geographical targeted approach which is optimised to reach the right audience.
The Department has incurred expenditure of £37,669 on social media since July 2016. In line with our Freedom of Information returns, the Department reports expenditure on such activity by aggregated amounts, and additional information is published in transparency reports as required.