Question follow-through · 24598
Broadcasting: Disability Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of live broadcasting subtitles; and what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of those subtitles.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of live broadcasting subtitles; and what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of those subtitles.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Ofcom regulates accessibility provision for licensed broadcasters through their Code on Television Access Services, requiring channels to meet specific quotas for subtitling, audio description, and signing. Ofcom will consider the quality of subtitles, wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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