"Most UK government departments have spent little or nothing with social media platform X since July 2024 following an unpublished 2023 evaluation by the Cabinet Office. But the Department for Education has bucked the trend, spending £27,118. Education minister Olivia Bailey said the department and its agencies spent £4,834.80 with X in the nine months between July 1, 2024, and the company's acquisition by xAI on March 28, 2025."
"Six departments have spent nothing with X since July 2024, ministers said in response to a series of written parliamentary questions from Jack Rankin and Peter Fortune, another Conservative MP. "Paid advertising on X was suspended in April 2023 following a Safe Framework assessment," justice minister Jake Richards replied. "X is currently used only for organic (non-paid) content to communicate policies and public services. No expenditure has been made by the Ministry of Justice with X since July 2024.""
Most UK government departments have spent little or nothing with social media platform X since July 2024 after an unpublished 2023 Cabinet Office evaluation. The Department for Education spent a total of £27,118, with £4,834.80 spent in the nine months to March 28, 2025, and a further £22,283.32 over roughly ten months to January 19. The spending was described as for sector communications and awareness. Six departments reported no spending with X over the period. Several other departments paid only small amounts for X monitoring or premium services rather than advertising.
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