FOI - Twitter account management

Freedom of Information Act Request

 

I notice that the Mayor appears to use two Twitter accounts – one under the name @MayorofLondon , another under the name @SadiqKhan . These two accounts often appear to have the same tweets issued from them – for example both contained a tweet issued on 5/12/2019 concerning the Mayor opening the Ohana Floor venue at Salesforce.com with identical photos (including one showing the Mayor cutting the opening ribbon).

 

Clearly though the @SadiqKhan account is often overtly political so for example one was issued 11 hours ago that said “Vote Labour”. Both accounts appear to be very professionally operated and managed. So my questions are:

1. Does the Mayor personally operate both these accounts, or if not who does? In other words, does he have professional assistance and if so are those staff employees of or contractors to the Mayor’s office in each case?
2. What expense is incurred in operating these accounts and who pays those expenses, in each case.
3. What resources in terms of IT equipment and support are used to operate those accounts and who provides those resources in each case (the Mayor’s office or Sadiq Khan personally)?