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	answer has question	TYcnjGFP
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>The BBC has responsibilities set out in its Charter to avoid unnecessary adverse impacts on the market, including on the commercial radio sector. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the BBC, to hold the BBC to account on this.</p><p>However, commercial radio now represents a majority (54% as of Q3 2023, according to RAJAR data) of radio listening in the UK, with BBC stations accounting for 44%.</p><p>The Government is currently undertaking the Mid-Term Review of the BBC’s Charter, which will look at how the BBC and Ofcom assess the market impact of the BBC in an evolving marketplace, and how that relates to the wider UK media ecology, including the commercial radio sector. We will publish the results of the review in due course.</p>
	answer given date	2023-11-16
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	wqKsrcSw
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	wqKsrcSw
TYcnjGFP	question has answer	wqKsrcSw
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	wqKsrcSw