Question follow-through · 31387
Radio: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of Ofcom's role in regulating the BBC's impact on fair and effective competition in radio.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of Ofcom's role in regulating the BBC's impact on fair and effective competition in radio.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the government. It has a responsibility under its Royal Charter to have particular regard for the effects of its activities on competition in the United Kingdom. This includes requirements to work co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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