Question follow-through · 24823
BBC World Service: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on the funding model for the BBC World Service.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on the funding model for the BBC World Service.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to determining a long-term sustainable funding model for the World Service. This will be done through Charter Review.FCDO Ministers engage routinely with the BBC on a range of issues, including the World Service funding model.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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