Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 114569
BBC World Service: Finance
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat — Mid Sussex
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned levels of funding for the BBC World Service on women and minority groups in countries with limited press freedo
Answer
Chris ElmoreGrant-in-Aid funding for the next three years for the BBC World Service will be decided through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office allocations process. We will not speculate in the interim on the impact of those allocations.