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

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


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.

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Contact

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

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Edinburgh
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