Question follow-through · 89566
BBC: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will be (a) involved in and (b) make representations to the BBC on the appointment of a Director General.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will be (a) involved in and (b) make representations to the BBC on the appointment of a Director General.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The BBC’s Royal Charter sets out that the Director General is appointed by the BBC’s Board, not the Government, and the process is led by the BBC Board’s Nominations and Governance Committee.It will be for the BBC Board to set out its process for appointi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Independent Football Regulator
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Charities: Political Impartiality
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Charity Commission has given to charities on issuing political commentary on (a) the Government and (b) opposition political parties.
Winston Churchill
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department has had discussions with The National Portrait Gallery on the recent Sir Winston Churchill display and video installation.