Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 100827
Department for Work and Pensions: Social Media
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 13 January 2026
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the last three years.
Answer
Andrew WesternDue 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.