FOI release

FOI 2024_00004S Social media management

Published 24 July 2024

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST REF: FOI 2024/00004S

Thank you for your email of 3 June 2024 asking for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. You asked:

The information that we require is as follows:-

  1. Do you use a social media management platform?
  2. If so, what tools do you use?
  3. What is your annual spend on a Social media management tool?
  4. What dates does your contract with your current supplier end ( month & year) ?
  5. Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform?
  6. If so, what tools do you use?
  7. What is your annual spend on a social listening / media monitoring tool?
  8. What dates does your contract with your current supplier end ( month & year)
  9. Who is the senior person responsible for managing these contracts?

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this Department.

FCDO Services does not currently use a social media management platform or a social listening / media monitoring platform.

Once an FOI request is answered, it is considered to be in the public domain.  To promote transparency, FCDO Services may now publish the response and any material released on GOV.UK in the FOI releases section.  All personal information in the letter will be removed before publishing.

If you would like to request a review of our decision, you should write to the Data Protection Officer (DPO), Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) Team, FCDO Services, Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes, England, MK19 7BH (e-mail: FCDOServices.DataProtectionOfficer@fcdo.gov.uk).  Please note you have 40 working days to do so from the date of this letter. Please quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the FCDO. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, or online at: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer

Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) Team

FCDO Services

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