1. Please detail the amount spent by the Council from 2020/2021 to 2023/2024 on marketing, communications, and advertising across all council departments.
We have a centralised Communications and Marketing Team. While some spend on advertising may occur elsewhere in the council, we can confirm the gross cost of the team and associated activities from 2020/21 to 2023/24 was £6,025k.
2. Please provide a breakdown of the amount spent by the Council from 2020/2021 to 2023/2024 on marketing, communications, and advertising, broken down by type of advertising platform (TV, social media, newspapers, radio adverts, in-person events etc).
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
3. Please detail the amount spent by the Council from 2020/2021 to 2023/2024 on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives.
We have a centralised Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team. While some spend on EDI may occur elsewhere in the council, we can confirm the gross cost of the team and associated activities from 2020/21 to 2023/24 was £533.5k.