Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

The Home Office delivers a wide range of communications activity and campaigns to support its priorities, including public information and behaviour-change communications. We have interpreted your request to mean the total outturn spend on communications campaigns in support of the department's priorities.

The total expenditure on marketing and advertising campaigns was £12,192,369 in 2024–25 and £17,989,496 in 2025–26 (rounded to nearest pound).