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Written question asked by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 30 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 October 2019. It was answered by Kevin Foster (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 October 2019 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Brexit

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been spent from the public purse on placing the Government's Brexit notifications in newspapers.

Answer

In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.

The ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign is running across television, social media, billboards and other platforms.

The Cabinet Office has undertaken to publish information relating to ongoing expenditure on the public information campaign as part of the department’s monthly data transparency releases. The published information will be available on GOV.UK here: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
292391
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Advertising Public expenditure Newspaper press Publicity Brexit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk