| Heading: |
BBC World Service: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1809019 |
| UIN: |
HL8051 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hoey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Hoey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed to the BBC World Service in each of the past two years; and what percentage of that organisation's cost they contributed in each of the past two years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
In Financial Year 2023/2024, the government contribution to the World Service was £104.4 million. The Licence Fee contribution was £265 million, so we provided 28.3 per cent of the budget. In 2024-2025, the government provided £104.4 million of the budget... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |