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971926

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Television Licences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to abolish the BBC licence fee.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The government considered licence fee funding during BBC Charter Review in 2015. While no funding model meets all the criteria of an ideal system, the current model provides the BBC with a sustainable core income paid by all households that watch or receive television. This model has wider support than any alternative: 60% of Charter Review consultation responses indicated that no change was needed to the current licence fee model, and only 3% favoured full subscription funding. As a result, we have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of the new 11 year Charter period. The BBC is independent of government. The BBC Board is therefore responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue, and it is for licence fee payers to determine whether the BBC is value for money. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL10287 HL10291 question first answered 19/09/2018 09:46:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971927

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Television Licences: Cost Effectiveness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value for money the BBC licence fee represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The government considered licence fee funding during BBC Charter Review in 2015. While no funding model meets all the criteria of an ideal system, the current model provides the BBC with a sustainable core income paid by all households that watch or receive television. This model has wider support than any alternative: 60% of Charter Review consultation responses indicated that no change was needed to the current licence fee model, and only 3% favoured full subscription funding. As a result, we have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of the new 11 year Charter period. The BBC is independent of government. The BBC Board is therefore responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue, and it is for licence fee payers to determine whether the BBC is value for money. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL10286 HL10291 question first answered 19/09/2018 09:46:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971928

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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: Political Impartiality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the BBC is not politically biased.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations. The government has embedded impartiality in the BBC Charter and public purposes. The BBC Board is responsible for ensuring the BBC delivers its Charter obligations and Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the BBC, is responsible for holding the BBC to account in fulfilling its mission and public purposes. Alongside this, the Ofcom Broadcasting Code requires all broadcasters, including the BBC, to report and present news with due accuracy and impartiality. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:09:14 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971930

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people in the UK who view or listen to the BBC’s news services; and whether that audience is falling.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The government does not hold information on this issue. Information in this area is collected and published by Ofcom.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:09:26 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971931

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a study into any changing demand for diverse news and internet-based entertainment services and the impact that might have on the BBC.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport has not conducted a study on this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/09/2018 13:09:03 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

971932

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Television Licences: Surveys
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last carried out a survey consulting the British people on their willingness to continue paying the BBC licence fee for the services provided.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL10291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text The government considered licence fee funding during BBC Charter Review in 2015. While no funding model meets all the criteria of an ideal system, the current model provides the BBC with a sustainable core income paid by all households that watch or receive television. This model has wider support than any alternative: 60% of Charter Review consultation responses indicated that no change was needed to the current licence fee model, and only 3% favoured full subscription funding. As a result, we have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of the new 11 year Charter period. The BBC is independent of government. The BBC Board is therefore responsible for the appropriate use of licence fee revenue, and it is for licence fee payers to determine whether the BBC is value for money. answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL10286 HL10287 question first answered 19/09/2018 09:46:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott