BBC: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Note 8 on Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she will provide a breakdown of the spending in that category by the BBC in 2024/5 and 2023/4.
Answered by Ian Murray
The BBC is operationally independent from the government. As such, decisions on how licence fee income is spent are for the BBC itself.
The BBC Group Annual Report and Accounts is laid before Parliament and published annually in accordance with the Royal Charter. This report includes financial statements with a breakdown of BBC’s financial accounts including BBC’s expenditure.
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