You asked

I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information:

  1. Please could you tell me the amount of money your department has spent on social media for the past 3 years.
  2. Could you provide this information broken down year by year?
  3. Please could you outline what the money was spent on (E.G Facebook post boosts, ads, etc.)

We said

The following information provides spending on social media activity within the Office for National Statistics for the tax years 2013 to 2014, 2014 to 2015, 2015 to 2016. Please note: we do not include staffing costs related to social media activity.

2013 to 2014

£6,916.50 - Social publishing web tool for 20 users

2014 to 2015

£6,916.50 - Social publishing web tool for 20 users

£5,880.00 - Data mining historic social information for audience research

£3,996.00 - Increased licenses for 10 further users for social publishing and analytics web tool

£12,960.00 - Social analytics web tool

2015 to 2016

£12,960.00 - Social analytics web tool

£3,996.00 - Social publishing web tool for 30 users