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Written questions by Lowe.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (2,388)Home Office (849)Department of Health and Social Care (265)Ministry of Justice (211)Department for Work and Pensions (142)Department for Education (119)Treasury (119)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (117)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (107)Cabinet Office (98)Department for Transport (87)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (56)Ministry of Defence (53)

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2 Dec 2025·Wales Office·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

In the last financial year, the Office spent no money on LinkedIn membership fees and £3,332.48 on other subscriptions.

2 Dec 2025·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. All spending is subject to standard value for money assessments.

2 Dec 2025·Scotland Office·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The Scotland Office and its associated arm’s length bodies have spent £0 on LinkedIn membership fees and £797 on other subscriptions in the last financial year.

2 Dec 2025·Treasury·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

In financial year 2024/25, HM Treasury spent £16,103.50 on a LinkedIn contract as part of the department’s advertisements of external job vacancies. There was no other HM Treasury spend on other LinkedIn fees or subscriptions.

2 Dec 2025·Cabinet Office·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

In line with other large employers, The Cabinet Office utilises LinkedIn subscriptions for business purposes including recruitment across government and managing the wider Civil Service talent pipeline. It is not possible to provide a definitive figure for subscriptions for the last financial year (and to do so would incur disproportionate costs.) Heads of Business Units review all subscriptions and other internal expenditure to ensure value for tax payer money.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

We are unable to provide details on the total spend on LinkedIn membership fees and other subscriptions by the Department for Business and Trade in the last financial year. The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

2 Dec 2025·Attorney General·Answered
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For the total spend on (a) LinkedIn membership fees and (b) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The department has no spend on LinkedIn membership fees, and has a total spend in 2024/25 of £4,322.00 on other subscriptions.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

Due to the way this information is stored in our systems, it would be difficult and incur disproportionate costs to extract subscriptions to LinkedIn and other social media platforms.

2 Dec 2025·Ministry of Defence·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

This information is not held centrally for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

2 Dec 2025·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The total expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) on (i) LinkedIn membership fees and (ii) other subscriptions for the financial year 2024/2025 was as follows: CategoryTotal Expenditure (£)(i) LinkedIn membership fees£0.00 (Nil Return)(ii) Other subscriptions (Media)£5,939.52

2 Dec 2025·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice does not hold a specific membership with LinkedIn. However, our spend on LinkedIn for the financial year 2024/2025 was £155,247.65.Please note this cost covers multiple recruitment services and advertising that span across all our operationally critical frontline roles. For example, those in HMPPS and HMCTS. All our campaign activity is data driven to maximise our reach to our target audiences.The Department’s spend for other subscriptions in 2024/2025 is £628,213.00. These subscriptions/memberships cover things such as The Solicitors Regulation Authority, The Bar Council, and the Office for National Statistics and ensure we are able to operate compliantly and effectively.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
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Food and Rural Affairs, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Education·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

​​During the period of 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the department spent £0.00 on LinkedIn membership fees.​During the same period, the department and its executive agencies spent £274,988.24 on services that fit the broad description of ‘subscription’.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Transport·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The Department’s total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees for the last financial year was nil and (ii) other similar membership subscriptions was nil.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
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Media and Sport, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

DCMS has spent £52,670.85 on Linkedin membership fees and £92,099 on other subscriptions in the financial year 24/25. Costs are exclusive of VAT.These costs are used to maintain access to the widest possible applicant base for job roles in the department, to increase visibility of the department’s employer brand, and to reach a diverse range of potential applicants.

2 Dec 2025·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

For FY24/25, DSIT spent £159,000 on LinkedIn subscriptions and £1,221,168 on other subscriptions. DSIT uses its LinkedIn subscription to support with recruitment efforts including role advertisement and usage of LinkedIn Insights which supports with strategic workforce planning. With more than 44 million registered users in the UK as of January 2025, LinkedIn offers DSIT the ability to promote live vacancies to as many potential external candidates as possible. This is particularly important for DSIT’s critical digital and data vacancies, whereby it is estimated that more than half of our applicants come from outside of the civil service market.

2 Dec 2025·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The department does not hold information on LinkedIn membership fees and other subscriptions in the format requested, and this could only be collated at a disproportionate cost.

2 Dec 2025·Home Office·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.

Reply

The Home Office spent £98,800 on 13 LinkedIn Corporate Recruiter licences in 2024-25. There was further spend on other Recruitment services. The Home Office does not pay for LinkedIn membership services for individual members of staff.By “other subscriptions” we are assuming that this is in relation to subscriptions to professional bodies. We do not hold readily available information on professional subscriptions as our financial systems do not have a specific marker for this type of expenditure. This level of detailed analysis could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.

2 Dec 2025·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
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For the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.

Reply

There were no transactions (subscription costs or otherwise) identified with LinkedIn as a supplier in the 2024/25 financial year.The total subscription fees identified for the 2024/25 financial year was £832,046.14. This figure excludes membership of the World Health Organisation which is considered a subscription for accountancy purposes.The response relates to the core department only and does not include information relating to the department’s arm’s-length bodies.

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