Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What steps her Department is taking to provide sustainable funding for the BBC World Service.”
Tabled: 22 October 2025Answered: 28 October 2025
Asked by
Sir Julian Smith
Conservative — Skipton and Ripon
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Chris Elmore)
The BBC World Service remains the world’s most-trusted international news source and supports our national security, growth and development objectives. That is why we provided a 31% increase in Government funding for the World Service this year. Funding allocations for the next three years will be announced in due course.