{"value":{"id":1756872,"askingMemberId":1548,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-23T00:00:00","uin":"24824","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding for the BBC World Service beyond the 2025-26 financial year.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5148,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Government funding for the World Service beyond 2025/26 will be determined through Phase 2 of Spending Review 2025.</p><p>FCDO Ministers have and continue to engage relevant departments on matters affecting the BBC World Service including funding and will continue to do this through the Spending Review process.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"BBC World Service: Finance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1756872","method":"GET"}]}