Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 18
72nd Report - BBC World Service
Published 13 Mar 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Since 2016–17 the FCDO has set out its funding for the World Service for between one and four years at a time, as well as providing additional funding for specific purposes, such as additional coverage of the Russia- Ukraine conflict. In January 2025, three Parliamentary select committees wrote to the FCDO and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), following a joint inquiry into the Service which recommended future funding rounds of at least three years to enable the Service to plan into the future.36
From: Public Accounts Committee, 72nd Report - BBC World Service (HC 1299), 13 March 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 June 2026 (deadline 13 May 2026).