Local Broadcasting
Commons · Question 12394 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments have been made through the Local Democracy Reporting Service to each participating publisher in each year since the scheme's inception.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 26 Jun 2026
The BBC has an important role to play in supporting the plurality of local news services in the UK. The BBC is operationally independent of the government and the process for determining and allocating its budgets and external payments of the Local Democr...