Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise by his Department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent.

The Department’s Communications Directorate has not approved or incurred any expenditure on branded goods and merchandise since April 2025. We have implemented this policy across the wider Department, but do not collate this data centrally.