PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Education: Social Media (11 March 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in (a) his private office and (b) the wider Department have been allocated to the production and promotion of online content for use on social media in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

There has been no-one in my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education’s private office allocated to the production and promotion of online content for use on Department for Education social media.

The number of officials in the central social media team based in the communications division are outlined by year in the following table:

Year:	Number of Officials:
2018-19	5
2019-20	7
2020-21	10

This reflects the increasing importance of communicating directly on social media to parents, students and school, college and university staff with clear, practical information and support during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
19 March 2021