Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 100830
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social Media
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the last three years.
Answer
Chris ElmoreDue to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who work on social media from staff who work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to provide the requested data in response to this question.