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I am grateful to my noble friend for that Answer, and I am delighted that the settlement has been announced. The BBC World Service is one of the greatest instruments of soft power that we have. It is a lifeline to many in our difficult and divided world, including those in Iran, and I pay tribute to the very brave journalists of BBC Persian. When the world is full of dangerous propaganda, the World Service projects and protects our democratic values while delivering value for money. Although I am grateful for the information provided by my noble friend, I urge her to ensure that, in due course, funding
will be moved back to the Government to provide stability and long-term planning. That is important for the service and for the journalists who serve the service.
I am grateful to my noble friend for that Answer, and I am delighted that the settlement has been announced. The BBC World Service is one of the greatest instruments of soft power that we have. It is a lifeline to many in our difficult and divided world, including those in Iran, and I pay tribute to the very brave journalists of BBC Persian. When the world is full of dangerous propaganda, the World Service projects and protects our democratic values while delivering value for money. Although I am grateful for the information provided by my noble friend, I urge her to ensure that, in due course, funding
will be moved back to the Government to provide stability and long-term planning. That is important for the service and for the journalists who serve the service.
I thank my noble friend. Her support for the World Service is long-standing and well known, and quite right too. The longer-term funding proposition for the World Service will need to be considered as part of the charter review. To be absolutely clear, the £137 million funding uplift that I referred to in my initial Answer is for this financial year. I think my noble friend may have misheard what I said. The allocations for next year will be made very shortly.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the sustainability of the BBC World Service.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the sustainability of the BBC World Service.
My Lords, the Government highly value the BBC World Service; it is a soft power asset and the world’s most trusted news provider. The significant uplift in our funding to £137 million this financial year, despite the difficult fiscal context, demonstrates our support for it. Grant-in-aid funding for the next three years is being decided through the FCDO allocations process and will be made before the 2026-27 financial year. Potential longer-term funding mechanisms will be considered through the BBC charter review.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the coverage of BBC World Service to enhance the UK's soft power.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the coverage of BBC World Service to enhance the UK's soft power.
The BBC is editorially and operationally independent and decides the most effective and efficient way of delivering the World Service. Expanding coverage would be a decision for the BBC in line with its operational and editorial independence although if this were to involve the creation (or closing) of a full language service, the Foreign Secretary would need to approve, as per Framework Agreement requirements.
The Government highly values the BBC World Service, which provides impartial accurate news to a global audience of 320 million. HMG is providing an uplift of £32.6million (or 31 per cent) for 2025/26 taking our total funding to £137million. This is a large funding uplift in a tough fiscal situation.