Question follow-through · 120300
BBC: Television Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on the potential merits of greater transparency in the regional breakdown of how licence fee monies are used in producing regional based programming.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on the potential merits of greater transparency in the regional breakdown of how licence fee monies are used in producing regional based programming.
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Secretary of State meets regularly with the BBC to discuss a wide range of issues. The Royal Charter places obligations on the BBC to observe high standards of openness and seek to maximise transparency and accountability. It also requires the BBC to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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