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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the BBC Charter Renewal process.

Good progress is being made on the BBC Charter Review programme.

The consultation launched in July received an incredible 192,000 responses. We are committed to reading and analysing all of the responses and reached 150,000 earlier this month.

In addition, I have commissioned further reviews and research, including an independent review of governance and regulation led by Sir David Clementi.

In the coming months my department will work towards publishing proposals for the future of the BBC.