Recommendation 26

The Committee is also required to scrutinise the overall spend of the BBC in Scotland. The BBC's annual report includes details of spending in each of the UK's nations. However, in the annual report covering 2024-25 15 BBC. (2025). Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport this spend accounted for around 75% of total licence income. The BBC also receives income from commercial operations and told our predecessor committee that the spend not identified against any of the four nations will include funding for services such as the World Service and sports rights. 16 Scottish Parliament. (2019). Official Report, Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee meeting 7 November 2020. Retrieved from chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.parliament.scot/api/sitecore/CustomMedia/OfficialReport?meetingId=12353 In the interests of parliamentary scrutiny, we ask the BBC to detail how this significant portion of the expenditure of the BBC is supporting audiences and economic growth in Scotland.