BBC: Finance

(asked on 7th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an alternative funding scheme to the licence fee for the BBC.


Answered by
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
This question was answered on 18th December 2023

The BBC is a great national institution and we want to ensure it is fit for the present and whatever the future holds.

That is why the Government has launched a review into how the BBC should be funded in the future, supported by a panel of independent experts soon to be announced from across the broadcasting sector and wider business world. It will assess a range of options for funding the BBC, and look at how alternative models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers.

The findings will inform the Charter Review, which is where any final decisions on changing the BBC’s funding model will be made by the Government.

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