BBC World Service: Cost Effectiveness
Commons · Question 47241 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the BBC World Service in terms of (a) reach and (b) impact, when compared with spending by other states on comparable se
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 29 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...