Question follow-through · 68103
Local Press and Radio: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the sustainability of (a) local radio and (b) news services in Lancashire; and what steps she is taking to support them.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the sustainability of (a) local radio and (b) news services in Lancashire; and what steps she is taking to support them.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
Sustainability of local journalism across the country is an area of particular concern for this Government, including local radio and news services in Lancashire. The Government understands the important work that local media does across the UK, including...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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