Mass Media: Finance

(asked on 15th January 2016) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2016 to Question 21973, on mass media: finance, how much was paid to each recipient.


Answered by
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Portrait
Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This question was answered on 26th January 2016

For the year to 31st March 2016, broadcasting and media bodies will receive the following funding from DCMS:

Ofcom £91,409,000;

BFI £22,225,000;

S4C £6,762,000 (this is 9% of total funding for S4C, the remainder is from the BBC licence fee);

and National Film and Television School £7,078,000.

This is the cash payable to each organisation (as published on www.gov.uk) which totals £127m. The estimated £134m expenditure on page 53 of the Statement of Funding Policy 2015 is based on Government Accounting including depreciation, accruals and other accounting adjustments.

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