Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 22 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Internet

Question: (3) how much his Department spent on maintaining its Twitter feeds in the latest period for which figures are available;

Answer: There is no one MOD employee whose main role is to maintain social media and social networking sites, Twitter, YouTube or Flickr, although there are some for whom it is a small part of their role alongside their other duties.My Department has spent $30 on a single Flickr 'Pro' licence, for the Royal Military College Sandhurst.The official, sponsored and affiliated social media presences of the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces are listed at"http://www.blogs.mod.uk/homepage.html"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 508 c12W; 322530
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2010-1038
Monday, 22 March 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Internet Ministry of Defence
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk