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 17 June 2026 to Question 8552 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations, if she will list each external public relations firm commissioned since July 2024, and the expenditure to date.

Any external public relations requirements from the Department are covered by a contract with AMV (previously MullenLowe) which was procured following a competition under the CCS/GCA RM6125 Campaign Solutions Framework. The Department undertakes limited public relations support for public health campaigns under this contract.

Spend with AMV is detailed in the regular transparency data released by the Department which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dhsc-spending-over-25000

This is the breakdown of financial data held by the Department. Any alternative breakdown is not held by the Department and could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.