Question follow-through · 63270
Local Press: Lancashire
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) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 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) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
Sustainability of local journalism across the country is an area of particular concern for this Government, including in Ribble Valley and Lancashire. The Government understands the important work that local news does across the UK, including outlets such...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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