Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) Scotland and (v) Wales in each month from August 2020 to December 2020.

The Ministry of Justice publishes campaign expenditure (including advertising and marketing spend on campaigns such as HMPPS recruitment) on a quarterly basis, details of which can be found on GOV.UK – as part of routine government transparency arrangements. All substantive campaign spend is subject to Cabinet Office professional assurance.

The criminal justice system and legal jurisdiction of England and Wales are under the control of the UK parliament and government at Westminster. The criminal justice systems of Scotland and Northern Ireland are devolved to the Scottish parliament and Northern Ireland assembly respectively. The majority of MOJ campaign spend therefore relates to England and Wales.