<p>The Government is conducting an assessment of the contestable funding model to consider its impact and the long-term sustainability of this kind of funding, next steps will be set out in due course. As required by the scheme, the BFI commissioned and published an independent evaluation of the Young Audiences Content Fund in December 2022. That evaluation is available <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/create-films-tv-or-new-formats-storytelling/young-audiences-content-fund" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Ofcom set out in their “Plan of Work” for 2023/24, published on 14 December 2022, that they would take an in-depth look at how the market is serving the interests of children. It will be for Ofcom, as the independent regulator, to determine when to publish its findings.</p>