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896281

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the BBC on increasing the level of transparency of its commissioning processes.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	140642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the BBC as it is operationally and editorially independent of Government.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/05/2018 12:09:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

692472

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the value of BBC revenue streams excluding the licence fee in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	64866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The BBC are required to lay their Annual Account and Report in front of Parliament each year, and this information is available within those accounts and here on the BBC’s website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/strategy/annualreport/2015_2016.html).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/02/2017 10:22:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

647995

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	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 representations they have made to the BBC as part of its Charter renewal to ensure that local government is represented on the BBC’s coverage of local elections and across the BBC’s current affairs programmes.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>How the BBC covers local elections is an editorial matter for the BBC. The Government's reform to the BBC's public purposes ensure that they provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/12/2016 16:40:08 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

621124

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	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, further to the letter of 20 October by Lord Ashton of Hyde concerning the draft BBC Charter and Agreement which has been placed in the Library of the House, whether they intend to ensure that the BBC is able to operate independently from Ministers and other public authorities in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The draft Charter and Agreement​ strengthen the independence of the BBC by giving it a powerful new unitary board, with the BBC able to appoint the majority of board members for the first time​, one of the longest charter periods in history, fewer protected areas of funding to increase the freedom the BBC has to use its money as it sees fit, and a new system of regular 5 yearly licence fee settlements.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/11/2016 15:29:25 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

621125

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	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, further to the letter of 20 October by Lord Ashton of Hyde concerning the draft BBC Charter and Agreement which has been placed in the Library of the House, whether they intend to make available to the BBC sufficient funds, through the licence fee, to enable the BBC to perform its functions and public purposes as a public service broadcaster.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The summer 2015 funding settlement represents a positive financial outcome for the BBC. The licence fee will rise over the next 5 years and by 2022 the BBC will have received around £18 billion of public money. ​ The BBC has welcomed this funding settlement. ​</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/11/2016 15:30:00 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

621126

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	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, further to the letter of 20 October by Lord Ashton of Hyde concerning the draft BBC Charter and Agreement which has been placed in the Library of the House, whether they intend to ensure that the licence fee is for the exclusive benefit and use by the BBC to fund the performance of the BBC's functions and public purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The licence fee is not a payment for BBC Services or any other specific television service. ​The government will trial a contestable fund to benefit underserved audiences and genres​​, funded from broadband underspend, over the coming three years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult on the fund in due course. ​</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/11/2016 15:30:46 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

621127

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	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, further to the letter of 20 October by Lord Ashton of Hyde concerning the draft BBC Charter and Agreement which has been placed in the Library of the House, whether they intend to ensure that the regulatory powers conferred on OFCOM and the National Audit Office in relation to the BBC will be exercised in a way that is compatible with the principles of legal certainty, fairness and proportionality protected by the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Public authorities must act in a manner compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The government expects that the NAO and Ofcom would seek to act in a way which is compatible with the Convention, but of course it is a matter for them to discharge their obligations.​</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/11/2016 15:31:38 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

520671

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to his Department was of commissioning and publishing the report, entitled BBC television, radio and online services: An assessment of market impact and distinctiveness, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	37964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text The costs ​of ​this ​piece of independent research was £98,900 excluding VAT. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 27/05/2016 09:25:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

485569

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Fourth Money Laundering Directive on the ability in future of Members of the House of Lords to continue to serve on the board of the BBC; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	32275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The BBC is not a relevant person under the Money Laundering Regulations and as such appointees to the BBC Board would not be affected.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/04/2016 13:56:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

459838

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	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 assessment they have made of the case for the BBC's service licences being reviewed and strengthened by an independent regulator at an early date.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>These issues are being considered as part of Charter Review. The Government will set out its proposals in the forthcoming White Paper.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6939 HL6940 HL6943 question first answered 24/03/2016 10:33:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill