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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many responses they received to the Consultation on a change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation; how many of those responses were in favour of a change of ownership; how many were opposed to change in ownership; and how they intend to weight responses.

Channel 4 is one of this country’s greatest broadcasting assets We must think long-term about the challenges ahead and make sure it has the capital it needs to continue to contribute to the UK’s success in public service broadcasting.

We have consulted on the best ownership model to support Channel 4 in the years to come. Our public consultation closed on 14 September. We have received around 60,000 responses, and we are carefully considering all the views and evidence we have received to inform the government’s policy-making and final decision.