BBC Monitoring: Finance
(asked on 3rd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to fund the monitoring work of the BBC directly through grant in aid.
This question was answered on 15th November 2016
The BBC is responsible for the funding, staffing and administration of the Monitoring service, which is provided under a specific agreement between the BBC and government, with the Cabinet Office being the lead department. The monitoring service is funded through the licence fee and there are no plans to change this arrangement.