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Yearly breakdown of how much is spent on Facebook: FOI release

Published
2022-07-18
Received
2022-06-19
Responded
2022-07-12
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

A yearly breakdown on how much the Scottish Government spends on Facebook from 2015 to 19 June 2022.

Response

Please see below a breakdown of Scottish Government Facebook advertising spend by year for 2015 to 2022, present day.

Year Amount Spent (UK Pounds)* 2015 £203,468 2016 £213,823 2017 £223,124 2018 £284,865 2019 £429,182 2020 £1,695,492 2021 £2,378,074 2022 (to present day) £183,757

*These are gross costs and include expenditure with Instagram as it is not possible to determine spend by specific platform within the Meta group, which covers Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Whatsapp. About FOI

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

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