Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Advertising
(asked on 6th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
Since January 2016, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have spent the following amount on social media.
Date | Spend |
January 2016 | £10,979 |
February 2016 | £40,466 |
March 2016 | £132,073 |
April 2016 | £37,610 |
May 2016 | £33,291 |
June 2016 | £40,364 |
July 2016 | £9,383 |
August 2016 | £42,983 |
September 2016 | £13,107 |
October 2016 | £19,016 |
November 2016 | £12,046 |
December 2016 | £10,880 |
January 2017 | £12,116 |
February 2017 | £11,678 |
March 2017 | £130,717 |
April 2017 | £136,318 |
May 2017 | £0 |
June 2017 | £0 |
These figures represent gross social media advertising spend excluding fees, commission and VAT. ‘Social’ channels are defined as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat (traded as display) and Twitter. These figures represent total spend for each month by DECC, BIS and now BEIS since January 2016.
Government advertising supports the government’s priorities and helps deliver its programmes, from raising awareness of the National Minimum and Living Wage, to encouraging young people to apply for apprenticeships. The media in which we place government advertising are selected for their ability to most effectively reach our target audience.
Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat. Carat has held the contract for UK government media buying since January 2015.