Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, and at what cost, his Department contracted consultants to carry out (a) marketing, (b) focus group, (c) polling and (d) other promotional activity relating to his Department's responsibilities in 2016-17.

The total marketing spend in 2016/17 was £785,261. This is for invoices paid during the period April 2016 to March 2017. Any spend over £25,000 can be found by following the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend