Ministry of Defence written question – answered on 25th July 2017.
Luke Pollard
Labour/Co-operative, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on social media by each branch of the armed forces in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
Tobias Ellwood
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The vast majority of social media advertising spend within the Ministry of Defence is designed to aid recruitment into our Armed Forces. The following was spent on paid social media by each of the single Services from 2015 to 30 June 2017.
Year | |||
2015 | £798,335 | £362,606 | £24,718 |
2016 | £576,040 | £597,035 | £153,798 |
2017 (to 30 June) | £278,339 | £312,780 | £214,494 |
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