{"value":{"id":1435546,"askingMemberId":4263,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-02-25T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-03-02T00:00:00","uin":"129812","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel has met since it was established; which Ministers attended each meeting; and if she will publish the minutes of each meeting of the Panel.","answeringBodyId":10,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4647,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-03-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel was established in November 2020 in order to provide independent expertise and advice for the government’s strategic review of public service broadcasting.</p><p>Since its establishment, the Panel has met six times, on the following dates: (i) 19 November 2020; (ii) 14 January 2021; (iii) 24 March 2021; (iv) 18 May 2021; (v) 21 July 2021; and (vi) 24 November 2021. It is not expected to meet further.</p><p>The first meeting was attended by the then Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP; the second, third, fourth and fifth meetings by the then Minister of State for Media and Data, the Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP; and the sixth by the Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure, Julia Lopez MP.</p><p>In accordance with the Panel’s <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-service-broadcasting-advisory-panel-terms-of-reference\" target=\"_blank\">published terms of reference</a>, the government does not intend to publish the minutes of the Panel. The Government will set out the conclusions of its strategic review of public service broadcasting in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1435546","method":"GET"}]}