FOI release: Social media advertising spend

Published: 04 February 2022
Freedom of information class: What we spend and how

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

FOI reference: CW-2022-020
Date received: 19 January 2022
Date responded: 4 February 2022

Information requested

You asked for information relating to “the total spend by the organisation on social media advertising, including a breakdown by year and by form of social media (for example, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn) following periods: 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22”.

Response

Read about our social media advertising spend information XLSX, 18.81 KB between 2019 and 2022.

The variation between 2019-2020 and the following financial years are due to several niche vacancy promotions along with targeted, paid for, advertisements in relation to in-person events we were running. Due to the pandemic, these events are now held remotely to accommodate everyone.

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