Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
In 2024-25, the department spent £6,599,338 and in 2025-26 the department spent £4,219,047 on communications, marketing and advertising.
A significant proportion of the expenditure in 2024-25 was for marketing the offer of retail shares in NatWest and was recovered accordingly from NatWest.