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Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Advertising
Thursday 25th May 2023

Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on radio adverts in each of the the last five years broken down by radio station.

Answered by Will Quince

The Department spent £6,755,238 on radio adverts in the last five years. The following table shows the amount of digital and broadcast radio costs in the last five years.

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

Broadcast

£248,447.00

£876,545.00

£1,124,992.00

£1,603,870.00

£1,083,520.00

Digital

£104,170.00

£193,561.00

£297,731.00

£682,033.00

£540,369.00

TOTAL

£352,617.00

£1,070,106.00

£1,422,723.00

£2,285,903.00

£1,623,889.00

From 1 October 2021 these costs also include spend for public health campaigns delivered by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, previously Public Health England (PHE). Prior to 1 October 2021, PHE was responsible for delivery of some health marketing campaigns. The Department does not hold data for PHE.


Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: EU Law
Tuesday 27th September 2022

Asked by: Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials in their Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Currently there are two full-time officials working solely on the proposed Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. They are supported by policy advice from a further 32 officials in the Department.


Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Apr 2022
International Thalassaemia Day

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Apr 2022
International Thalassaemia Day

"We now resume the suspended debate. I call the Minister...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn

"I will call James Wild to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. The Member in charge will not have the opportunity to wind up, as is the convention in 30-minute debates...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Access to Salbutamol Inhalers

"Before we begin, I remind Members that they are expected to wear face coverings when they are not speaking in the debate, in line with current UK Government guidance and that of the House of Commons Commission. I also remind Members that they are asked by the House to have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Covid Vaccine Passports

"I pay tribute to all those involved in the vaccination programme. It has been extraordinary. In Scotland, we have 4.1 million adults with a first dose and almost 4 million with a second dose, which means that north of 90% of all adults have had at least one dose. It …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Mar 2021
NHS Pay

"I remind hon. Members that there have been some changes to the normal practice in order to support the new hybrid arrangements. The timings of debates have been amended to allow technical arrangements to be made for the next debate. There will be suspensions between debates. I remind Members participating, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Mar 2021
NHS Pay

"Order. I am afraid the three minutes are up. You can have half a sentence...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Mar 2021
Covid-19: Government’s Publication of Contracts

"Some 94% of contracts awarded before 7 October were, unlawfully, not published in time and, as of late last week, 100 are still not published. Some 58% were awarded without a competitive tendering process. There are conflicts of interest, inadequate documentation, a high-priority crony lane and then the Prime Minister …..."
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