Question follow-through · 25133
Local Press: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote local journalism in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) other rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote local journalism in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) other rural areas.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
Sustainability of local journalism is an area of particular concern for this Government, across the country and in Gloucestershire and other rural areas.We are developing a Local Media Strategy, in recognition of the importance of this vital sector. Our v...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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