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PRS for Music: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 104327 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2026

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she Department has made of the potential impact of Performing Right Society licensing fees on the profitability of microbusinesses, freelancers and sole traders, particu

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Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 14 Jan 2026

Performing Right Society Limited (PRS) is a collective management organisation (CMO) and a private commercial entity and the Government does not regulate its commercial affairs. Consequently, the Department has not made an impact assessment in relation to...

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