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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has 17 corporate twitter accounts, including
a central @foreignoffice account. The other accounts are for support to British nationals
overseas, work on forced marriage, communications in Arabic and Urdu, and a range
of other priorities such as recruitment, ending sexual violence in conflict and our
policy on Europe. Six Ministers and the Permanent Under Secretary are also on twitter
in an official capacity, as well as most of our 270 posts overseas, many of our Ambassadors
and some other senior officials. The FCO does not spend anything on its Twitter accounts.</p><p>The
FCO runs a range of other social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn,
Weibo, Flickr, Google+, YouTube but does not pay for any of these.</p><p>The FCO occasionally
uses paid-for advertising on its social media channels to promote key content. Any
such advertising is subject to Cabinet Office marketing and advertising spending controls
and is cleared in line with Cabinet Office procedures. It is not possible to breakdown
exact spending, although details of overall exemptions to marketing and advertising
controls are available on GOV.UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/exceptions-data</p><p>One
FCO official in London maintains the main Foreign Office corporate social media accounts.
Staff from across the FCO contribute to other social media channels. For example,
a number of staff in our Consular team contribute to the @FCOTravel twitter account
as part of our customer service to British Nationals, and staff at posts contribute
to overseas channels. It is not possible to give precise numbers across our network
as this information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate
cost.</p>
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