Question follow-through · 41225
Local Press: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the sustainability of local news outlets in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) North West of England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the sustainability of local news outlets in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) North West of England.
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
Sustainability of local journalism across the country is an area of particular concern for this Government, including in Greater Manchester and the North West of England. We are developing a Local Media Strategy, in recognition of the importance of this v...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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