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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 174315, tabled on 27 March 2023

Question

Lucy Powell
Labour
Manchester Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it remains her Department's policy to conduct a review on the future funding of the BBC.

Answer

Julia Lopez
Conservative
Hornchurch and Upminster
Commons

Answered on

30 March 2023

The Government is committed to the licence fee for the rest of the current Charter. However, the BBC's funding model faces major challenges due to changes in the way people consume media. It is therefore necessary to look at ways to ensure the BBC’s funding model is sustainable in the long-term.

The Government wants to see the BBC continue to succeed, which is why we need to consider the most fair and appropriate funding mechanism to be introduced at the end of the current Charter period.

The Department is considering all possible future funding options to ensure the BBC’s long-term sustainability in a rapidly changing, digital world.

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