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Written question asked by Lord Swire (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 June 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 June 2018. It was answered by Margot James (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 June 2018 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Trinity Mirror

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the 150 journalistic posts paid for by the BBC though the local democracy reporter's service have been awarded to Trinity Mirror Group.

Answer

As the scheme is administered and funded by the BBC and not DCMS, we do not hold operational data on this scheme. However, according to the BBC Local Democracy Reporters official website, 23 contracts have been awarded to Trinity Mirror, which represents 63 journalists.

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Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
155699
Session
2017-19
Subjects
BBC Journalism Local press Trinity Mirror
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk