PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Advertising (29 February 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding (a) her Department and (b) its predecessor Department has (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.

Asked by:
Pat McFadden (Labour)

Please see the below costs with reference to the PQ, that were searched under the following account names:

1. Advertising
2. Advertising for Public Appointment
3. Publicity and Advertising
4. R & D Publicity and Advertising

Department/ Year	Sum of invoice amount (£)
BEIS
FY 21/22	1,264,235.55
FY 22/23	510,338.09
FY 23/24	172,144.24
DESNZ
FY 23/24*	227168.96

*Post MoG ledgers were not split until September 2023, so figures pre this date can include some former BEIS spend.

Please be advised that the data above is actual spend, we do not hold any data for budgeted spend relevant to the proposed question.

Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
5 March 2024