FOI release

Social Media FOI

Case reference FOI2016/00172

Published 27 September 2018

Request

Has your council paid any money to "boost" posts on Facebook? If so - how much has been paid since the beginning of this financial year? Please also provide the same figures for 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14 Could you provide a list of posts that were boosted? Could you also tell me if anything has been paid by the council for extra "likes" on facebook? Please provide figures for extra likes for 2016/17 (so far), 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14. Could you also provide figures for how many likes were purchased in each financial year? Has your council paid to advertise its page on facebook? If so - how much has been paid since the beginning of this financial year? Please also provide the same figures for 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14.

Response

1. Has your council paid any money to "boost" posts on Facebook?
Yes

2. If so - how much has been paid since the beginning of this financial year (2016-17)?
£9.57

3. Please also provide the same figures for
2015/16: £0
2014/15: £51.11
2013/14: £0

4. Could you provide a list of posts that were boosted?
Individual details are not available.

5. Could you also tell me if anything has been paid by the councilfor extra "likes" on facebook? No

6. Please provide figures for extra likes for 2016/17 (so far), 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14. N/A

7. Could you also provide figures for how many likes were purchased in each financial year? None purchased

8. Has your council paid to advertise its page on facebook? No

9. If so - how much has been paid since the beginning of this financial year? N/A

10. Please also provide the same figures for 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14 N/A

Documents

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