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BBC: Royal Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the BBC Charter Review consultation will be launched.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
18 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the BBC Charter Review consultation will be launched.

  2. 18 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The existing BBC Royal Charter is due to expire on 31 December 2027.The Government will launch the review process through publication of a Terms of Reference and public consultation in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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BBC: Royal Charters

12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC's document entitled a A BBC For All to remove a fixed expiry date on the BBC’s Royal Charter.

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BBC: Finance

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BBC: Public Appointments

12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC proposals in, A BBC For All, that all future Non-Executive Director (NED) appointments to the Board should follow a de

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BBC: Pilot Schemes

12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the BBC proposals in A BBC For All to pilot audience forums such as citizens assemblies.