MCI Response to PQ on the annual advertising costs by Ministries to produce content

Parliament Sitting on 18 September 2023

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

70. Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information between 2020 and 2023 to date (a) how much was spent annually on advertising costs, including consultancy and production fees, to produce content featuring political office holders for (i) social media and (ii) mainstream media respectively; and (b) what is the annual breakdown of these figures by Ministries.

Answer:

The vast majority of the Government’s paid communications materials do not feature political office holders. We also do not track spending according to whether they are featured.