Question follow-through · 67544
BBC: Political Impartiality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of political impartiality in the BBC’s news and current affairs output.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of political impartiality in the BBC’s news and current affairs output.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
Under its Royal Charter, the BBC has a duty to deliver impartial and accurate news coverage and content, and the Government expects the BBC to uphold these standards. However, the government has not made an assessment of BBC impartiality as it is for Ofco...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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