{"value":{"id":1920719,"askingMemberId":4679,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-06-26T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","uin":"13547","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Note 8 on Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expenditure on page 114 of the Whole of Government Accounts 2024-5, if she will provide a breakdown of the spending in that category by the BBC in 2024/5 and 2023/4.","answeringBodyId":217,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3966,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The BBC is operationally independent from the government. As such, decisions on how licence fee income is spent are for the BBC itself.</p><p>The BBC Group Annual Report and Accounts is laid before Parliament and published annually in accordance with the Royal Charter. This report includes financial statements with a breakdown of BBC’s financial accounts including BBC’s expenditure.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"BBC: Expenditure","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1920719","method":"GET"}]}