Question follow-through · 27784
BBC: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on (a) the introduction of advertising, (b) the creation of a specific tax for streaming services, (c) making BBC Radio listeners pay for the service and
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on (a) the introduction of advertising, (b) the creation of a specific tax for streaming services, (c) making BBC Radio listeners pay for the service and
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government remains committed to the licence fee for the remainder of the current Charter period.Ministers and officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have regular discussions with the BBC on a range of important issues including BBC C...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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