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1331549

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date	09/06/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Broadcasting Programmes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that the BBC does not reduce the number of quotas related to delivering public value content, including those related to (1) radio, and (2) children’s programming.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>The government is clear that the BBC has to provide high quality, distinctive content and services. However, it is ultimately a matter for Ofcom as the independent regulator on how to enforce these obligations through appropriate regulation. It is therefore for Ofcom, not the government, to set and amend quotas for the BBC’s public services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 16/06/2021 14:10:14 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

1314010

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Broadcasting Programmes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has made to BBC executives on the broadcaster’s plans to make BBC Four the home of archive content, with the channel no longer set to commission new programmes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The BBC is independent of the government and the government has no say over the BBC’s editorial or operational decisions, including proposed changes to the BBC Four service.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 24/05/2021 14:15:34 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1134968

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Broadcasting Programmes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC on proposals to reduce the availability of BBC 3 and BBC 4 television channels for people living outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	269602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from government and the government cannot intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations, including distribution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand that, where BBC channels are made available without the BBC’s permission outside of the UK, it will take appropriate action to close these services down.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/07/2019 09:32:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes