United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 9100
BBC: Information Services
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28 January 2020
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3 February 2020 · Answer
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3 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect on older people of the decision by the BBC to end the red button service; and what representations he
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28 January 2020
Written question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect on older people of the decision by the BBC to end the red button service; and what representations he
Source: Commons
3 February 2020
Answer
The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government; therefore, the government has no role in deciding whether BBC services, such as the BBC Red Button teletext service, should be continued. It is the BBC’s responsibility to assess th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-28/9100
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1173909
- uk · wq-1173909 · source updated 3 February 2020