Broadcasting Programmes: Children

(asked on 13th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on implementing the provision in the Digital Economy Act 2017 on introducing a new Ofcom power on public service broadcasting criteria for the commissioning of children’s content; and what the timetable is for the formal stakeholder consultation to begin.


Answered by
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 18th December 2017
The government gave Ofcom powers, through the Digital Economy Act 2017, to publish criteria for children's programmes and, where appropriate, to set conditions on licensed public service channels to ensure that children’s programming meets the criteria. On 29 November Ofcom launched a Review of Children's Content and have invited initial input to the review by 31 January 2018. It intends to publish its findings, alongside any proposed regulatory measures, in summer 2018.
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