Question follow-through · 77761

BBC: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to review the future funding model of the BBC.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to review the future funding model of the BBC.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    To ensure the BBC is on a stable financial footing, the Government has committed to the current licence fee model for the remainder of the current Charter period.The licence fee will increase annually in line with CPI inflation until the end of this Chart...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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