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Public Service Broadcasting

Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 27096, tabled on 20 May 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with public service broadcasters on commissioning (a) film and (b) TV products from media organisations within the UK.

Answered on

23 May 2024

Individual commissioning decisions are a matter for the public service broadcasters (PSBs) themselves, which are operationally and editorially independent of Government. In 2022, commissions by PSBs were worth more than £1.5 billion to the independent production sector in the UK.

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