Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 15 April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the BBC Trust on the parity of the BBC’s expenditure across regions.
There have been no discussions with the BBC Trust on the parity of the BBC’s expenditure across the regions. The BBC is an independent body governed by the royal charter. Under the terms of the BBC’s charter and agreement, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of Government and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in the corporation’s day-to-day operations. How the BBC allocates its funding, in meeting its objectives, is a matter for the BBC.
In 2008, the BBC made the following commitments to growing regional production outside of London:
That 50% of network spend will be made outside London by 2016;
That 17% of network spend will come from the Nations by 2016; and
That a proportion of network spend would be made in Scotland, equivalent to Scotland’s share of the UK population, with a comparable approach in relation to Wales and Northern Ireland.
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