Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188822 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Facebook, which geographies including the details of any postcodes used have been targeted by his Department to ensure that their adverts are optimised to reach the right audience.

The Department has previously confirmed (Question 188822) that a geographical targeted approach was used to ensure effective communication through social media.

Social media campaigns, including Facebook, have targeted EU citizens to communicate the progress of the UK’s EU exit. This has included the following countries:

UK

Hungary

Luxembourg

Estonia

Latvia

Slovenia

Lithuania

Croatia

Romania

Slovakia

Finland

Denmark

Bulgaria

Austria

Sweden

Portugal

Czech Republic

Greece

Netherlands

Poland

Ireland

Belgium

Italy

Spain

France

Germany