Television Licences: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 33886 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent increases to TV license fees.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 7 Mar 2025
The obligations placed on the BBC, and the public service it provides to the country, show the need for continued, sustainable public funding to support its vital work.The government has committed to retaining the licence fee for the remainder of the Char...