Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department is monitoring content that is publicly available on social networking sites using overt monitoring techniques.

In respect of media and campaign communications, DExEU’s communications team monitors relevant publicly available social media content to evaluate the effectiveness of government campaigns.

The Department follows the Government Communications Service (GCS) Standards using the GCS Evaluation Framework https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/.