Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 13818

Department for Education: Social Media

Tabled: 29 June 2026

Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026, to Question 1175, on Department for Education: Social Media, how many individual social media influencers were paid in each of those two years.

Answer

Olivia Bailey

In the 2025/26 financial year, the department paid 57 individual social media influencers and content creators.These influencers and content creators were engaged across the department’s campaigns including Skills for Life, Early Years Careers (Do Somethi...

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