Scotland Office: Social Media

(asked on 3rd March 2025) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many social media accounts his Department operates; and how much his Department spent on social media (a) subscriptions and (b) advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Ian Murray Portrait
Ian Murray
Secretary of State for Scotland
This question was answered on 6th March 2025

The Scotland Office operates 6 social media accounts across X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and Threads. It does not have any paid social media subscriptions.

The amount spent on advertisements on each social media platform in each of the last three years was:

Year

Channel

Amount

2022/3

Facebook/ Instagram

£49,893

2023/4

Facebook/ Instagram

£17,725

2024/5 (to date)

Facebook/ Instagram

£4,019

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