Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 9 July 2009.
Tom Watson
Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding the BBC World Service has received from his Department through grant in aid in each of the last three years.
Chris Bryant
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
The BBC World Service has received the following grant in aid funding over the last three years:
| £ million | |
| 2008-09 | 265 |
| 2007-08 | 255 |
| 2006-07 | 239.5 |
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