Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

BBC Accounts and Trust Statement 2024-25

Status: Open Opened: 10 Jul 2025 6 recommendations 26 conclusions 1 report

An average 85% of UK adults use the BBC each week, spending 6hr26min watching BBC TV/iPlayer. In 2023-24, there were 23.9 million TV licences in force at the end of the year, around 775,000 of which were free licences for those aged over 75. In 2023, the value of the TV licence fee was frozen …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
56th Report - BBC Accounts and Trust Statement 2024–25 HC 1230 21 Nov 2025 32 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
1 Conclusion 56th Report - BBC Accounts and Trust St… Rejected

Committee took evidence on BBC Group Annual Report and Licence Fee Trust Statement.

On the basis of reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), we took evidence on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Group Annual Report and Accounts 2024–25 and the Television Licence Fee Trust Statement 2024–25. We heard from Tim Davie (Director General, BBC), Leigh Tavaziva (Chief Operating Officer, BBC) and …

Government response. The BBC explicitly disagreed with the committee's recommendation (even though the provided text is an introduction), explaining its statutory duty and current methods for licence fee collection. It committed to provide an update on the practicalities of making an e-licence …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
15 Sep 2025 Leigh Tavaziva · BBC, Shirley Cameron · BBC, Tim Davie CBE · BBC View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
14 May 2026 To cttee Letter from the Director, Across the UK at the BBC relating to BBC’s Implementa…
27 Apr 2026 To cttee Letter from the Chief Operating Officer at the BBC relating to BBC accounts and…
16 Mar 2026 From cttee Letter to the Director General of the BBC relating to Treasury Minute response:…