Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to deliver a universal, sustainable, long-term public funding settlement for the BBC which protects public service programming and local journalism.

The Charter Review is looking at how we secure the BBC’s future in a rapidly changing media landscape, including how it is funded.

We are looking at how we can fund the BBC sustainably so that it can continue to deliver for all of us, drive the growth of the creative industries, nurture talent, invest across the whole of the UK and help support local journalism.

Decisions for the next Royal Charter will be set out in a White Paper in due course.