Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, today reported that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has adequate evidence to assess the BBC’s efficiency as part of the Department’s consideration of the next licence fee settlement.
Jump to downloadsAs part of the process of setting the level of the television licence fee from April 2007, the Department has to make an assumption about the level of efficiency savings the BBC can deliver. The level of efficiency savings will influence the level of the new licence fee.
In July 2006, the Secretary of State sought the views of the National Audit Office on whether the Department had enough evidence to assess the level of efficiency the BBC could make. The NAO agreed to report on whether the Department had reasonable grounds on which to base its assessment, recognising that determining how efficient an organisation is and can be is not a precise science, and, ultimately, is a matter of judgement.
Licence fee payers are naturally anxious to know their money is being used as efficiently as possible. I am satisfied that the Department has enough information at its disposal to take a view on the BBC’s efficiency when determining the level of the next licence fee settlement.
Sir John Bourn, head of the NAO
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- ISBN: 9780102943757 [Buy a hard copy of this report]
- HC: 183 2006-2007
