Publication - FOI/EIR release

Details of Scottish Government Facebook adverts during 2017 General Election: FOI release

Published: 8 October 2018
Directorate: Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic: Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

FOI reference: FOI/18/02536
Date received: 12 September 2018
Date responded: 1 October 2018

Information requested

Details of any Facebook adverts by the Scottish Government or agencies that were only targeted to specific constituency areas during the 2017 General Election, including the constituency targeted, amount spent and any details of the advert.

Response

I can confirm that no Facebook adverts ran during the pre-election period from 3 May 2017 to 9 June 2017.

Please note that this response covers advertising activity by Scottish Government only as we do not hold information for any other agencies or bodies. This information would need to be requested directly from them.

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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 Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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