Correspondence

Letters from the Culture Secretary to the BBC and S4C on the 2022 licence fee settlement

Correspondence between the Culture Secretary and the BBC and S4C on the level of the TV licence fee from 2022.

• From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP
• Published: 10 November 2020
• Last updated: 21 January 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Letter from Secretary of State to the BBC on the 2022 Licence Fee Settlement - 10 November 2020

PDF, 165 KB, 3 pages

BBC response letter to Secretary of State - 10 November 2020

PDF, 80.7 KB, 3 pages

Letter from Secretary of State to S4C on the 2022 Licence Fee Settlement - 10 November 2020

PDF, 145 KB, 2 pages

S4C response letter to Secretary of State - 30 November 2020

PDF, 177 KB, 2 pages

BBC response to Secretary of State on 2022 licence fee - 9 March 2021

PDF, 104 KB, 3 pages

Secretary of State letter to BBC on initial determination of the 2022 licence fee settlement - 22 July 2021

PDF, 159 KB, 3 pages

Details

Letters from the Culture Secretary to the BBC and S4C, requesting specific financial information, as required under the BBC’s Royal Charter, to begin the process to agree the appropriate level of the licence fee from 2022 and to ensure a settlement which offers the best value for money for licence fee payers.

Published 10 November 2020
Last updated 21 January 2022 + show all updates

1. 21 January 2022

   Added BBC Case for CPI ( March 2021) and SoS Initial Determination (July 2021).

2. 14 December 2020

   Added S4C response letter to Secretary of State.

3. 17 November 2020

   BBC response letter added

4. 10 November 2020

   First published.