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Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Monday, 22 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 February 2016. It was answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.


BBC

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the BBC on increasing the provision of voice-overs for BBC programmes.

Answer

The statutory target for audio description is 10% for most broadcasters. The BBC in 2010 committed a higher target and now provides audio description of 20% of its content on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27600
Session
2015-16
Subjects
BBC Broadcasting programmes
Link
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