Question follow-through · 101140
BBC: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has held with the BBC on the potential introduction of advertising on BBC services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has held with the BBC on the potential introduction of advertising on BBC services.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Secretary of State is in regular discussion with the BBC about Charter Review and other BBC matters, including on the options for funding the BBC set out in the Charter Review Green Paper. DCMS officials also hold regular meetings with the BBC and Ofc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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