A question on #NorthernIrelandOffice #PublicRelations tabled by John Cooper on 30-01-2025 has been answered by Hilary Benn.

Heading: Northern Ireland Office: Public Relations
Question ID: 1760491
UIN: 27767
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-30
Asking Member ID: 5358
Asking Member display name: John Cooper
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Asking Member Twitter reference: John Cooper
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies has spent on external public relations since 5 July 2024; and which firms that funding went to.
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Date answered: 2025-02-06
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 413
Answering Member display name: Hilary Benn
Answering Member handle: hilarybennmp
Answering Member Twitter reference: @hilarybennmp
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Answer text: Public relations activity is a subset of communication spend. As such, this data is not held. The Government Communication Service encourages the prioritisation of low and no cost public relations activities wherever possible.It is recommended that all ex...
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Answering body ID: 21
Answering body name: Northern Ireland Office
Tweeted: true