Select Committee · International Development Committee
The future of the BBC World Service
Status: Closed
Opened: 23 Apr 2024
Closed: 24 Mar 2025
BBC World Service provides trusted news to radio, TV and digital audiences around the world in 42 languages including English, reaching a global audience of 318 million. It is chiefly funded by the UK Licence Fee with additional grant funding of £104.4mn [FY 23/24 and 24/25 respectively] from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Under …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2024 | Helen Martin · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Jonathan Munro · BBC, Patricia Seex · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Stephanie Peacock MP · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Tim Davie CBE · BBC | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2025 | To cttee | Letter from Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committe… |