§ 22. Mr. Heathcoat-Amoryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the structure of the funding of the British Broadcasting Corporation external services.
§ Mr. RentonThe British Broadcasting Corporation external services are funded on an annual basis by two grants-in-aid; one is for broadcasting and the other for monitoring. Both are administered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In addition, the FCO is directly responsible for funding and operating four broadcasting stations which relay British Broadcasting Corporation programmes worldwide.