Question follow-through · 97214
Local Broadcasting and Local Press: Community Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Asset of Community Value protections to local newspaper titles and community radio stations.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Asset of Community Value protections to local newspaper titles and community radio stations.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government is aware of the National Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) calls to confer Asset of Community Value status on local newspapers.We are committed to supporting local journalism and DCMS is developing a Local Media Strategy, in recognition of the im...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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