BBC World Service: Soft Power
Commons · Question 47240 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has he made of potential opportunities for the BBC World Service to further support UK soft power.
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 28 Apr 2025
The Government highly values the World Service, which makes a significant contribution to UK soft power. Soft power indices and perception studies regularly highlight the BBC's soft power attraction. Tapestry Research carried out an international study in...