Lord Forsyth of Drumlean – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean on 2016-10-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the Ofcom Content Board are former employees of the BBC.

Lord Ashton of Hyde

There are 13 members of Ofcom’s Content Board which advises the Ofcom Board and Executive on content matters, covering television, radio and video-on-demand quality and standards. The Board’s members have experience from across the broadcasting industry including Sky, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and S4C. 9 of the current 13 members have previously been employed by or have worked for the BBC. The amount of experience and the seniority of these roles varies considerably within that.