Question follow-through · 21682
Radio: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to support new FM licences for radio stations in (a) Rutland, (b) Mid-Wales and (c) other rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to support new FM licences for radio stations in (a) Rutland, (b) Mid-Wales and (c) other rural areas.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The growth and development of digital radio and changes in listener behaviour have resulted in a clear shift away from analogue listening – digital listening now accounts for 74% of all radio listening (RAJAR Q3 2024). Although AM/FM platforms remain impo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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