Department for Transport: Public Relations

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
(Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13939 on DFT: Public Relations, if she will publish list of stakeholder management and public affairs firms that have received public funding since July 2024; and the amount that each received.

Answered by
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 4th November 2026

The Department for Transport has worked with the partnerships and public relations agency 23Red to raise awareness of THINK! Road safety campaigns since July 2024. A fair and open competition was run to award this contract.

The amount spent since July 2024 is £470,763.94 as of 12th October 2026. This budget includes spend on drink and drug driving, speeding and educational activity on road safety. This period covers three financial years and does not include the department's Arm's Length Bodies.

By way of comparison, the total for the two years spent with our PR and partnerships agency 23Red from 1 July 2022- 30th June 2024 was: £697,727.41.

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