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BBC: British Nationals Abroad

Asked by Mark PritchardConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 113484

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on allowing licence fee payers to access the BBC app when overseas.

Answered by Ian Murray

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) meets regularly with representatives of the BBC on a range of matters.

The BBC is operationally independent, and decisions on whether and how the BBC makes its content and services, such as its respective BBC apps, available to licence fee payers when abroad are therefore for the BBC to make independent of government.

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