Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 99681
Department for Business and Trade: Social Media
Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
Answer
Kate DeardenDue to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who are employed to produce social media content from staff who are employed to work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to report exact figures in response to this question.