Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

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

The DBT Annual Report and Accounts for 2024/25 and 2025/26 reported a Departmental Group spend on Advertising and Publicity as £29m and £41m respectively.

These figures are available on page 179 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2025/26, link below.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-business-and-trade-annual-report-and-accounts-for-2025-to-2026