I have been informed by officials in my Department that no funding has been spent on the COVID-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic.
My Department is actively engaged in delivering COVID-19 communications with the public and with stakeholders through various channels. This work is carried out in-house by the communications team and other teams within the Department. Strong communications is very important at this time and cost-effectiveness is always factored into considerations in my Department’s plans.
As part of its policy response to the crisis, my Department has supported a range of measures to provide for content which would normally be presented to live audiences, to be made available online.