Written Question
Monday 15th May 2023
Asked by:
Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on radio adverts in each of the the last five years broken down by radio station.
Answered by Mark Spencer
The Government is strongly supportive of the radio sector and recognises the great value that it offers to communities across the UK. Radio plays an important role in our cross channel strategy, with the merits of its use being assessed in relation to this.
Government public information campaigns utilise a wide range of channels to maximise reach and engagement and to ensure our messaging reaches as many people as possible, including radio. The Government runs a number of campaigns across all media channels. The channels selected for government paid marketing campaigns are driven by the target audience.
Evaluating the effectiveness of Government communications is paramount to its success. Therefore, no matter the form of communication, we constantly and regularly evaluate our campaigns to ensure effectiveness and value for money.
Total spend on radio advertising from the department over the past five years is £284,110.16.
Written Question
Friday 16th September 2022
Asked by:
Stewart Hosie (Scottish National Party - Dundee East)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in their Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation.
Answered by Mark Spencer
Coordinating work related to the proposed Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill is spread across several teams in Defra, with cumulative staff time spent on this work amounting to approximately three FTE officials. In addition, Defra policy officials and legal officials are supporting this work as part of their normal business activities.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jun 2021
World Oceans Day 2021
"I remind hon. Members that there have been some changes made to the normal practice in order to support new hybrid arrangements. Timings of the debates have been amended to allow technical arrangements to be made for the next debate, so there will be a suspension between each debate. I …..."Stewart Hosie - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jun 2021
World Oceans Day 2021
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jun 2021
World Oceans Day 2021
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Flooding: Staffordshire
"Before we begin, I briefly remind Members that there are some changes to normal practice in order to support the new call list system, and to ensure that social distancing can be respected. Members should sanitise their microphones before they use them and respect the one-way system around the room—that …..."Stewart Hosie - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Flooding: Staffordshire
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Flooding: Staffordshire
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Flooding: Staffordshire
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Mar 2020
River Severn Flooding
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