Department for Education: X Corp
(asked on 19th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their department spent on X and xAI since July 2024.
Answered by
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 5th February 2026
During the period 1 July 2024 to 19 January 2026, the department and its executive agencies spent £27,118.12 on sector comms and awareness with X and its predecessor platform/brand Twitter.
xAI acquired X on 28 March 2025. £4,834.80 was spent before the acquisition by xAI. £22,283.32 was spent after the acquisition by xAI.