BBC Trust

The BBC is required to broadcast party political broadcasts (referred to as PPBs in this document) on some or all of its UK Public Broadcasting Services.

The BBC Trust (which is the governing body of the BBC and is independent from the day-to-day management of the BBC) must determine which UK Public Broadcasting Services should transmit PPBs and the basis on which, and the terms and conditions subject to which, they should be included.

The Trust’s role is to approve the criteria by which parties are allocated a PPB and the basis on which they should be broadcast. It is the role of the BBC Executive Board to propose such criteria and apply the criteria approved by the Trust and then liaise with the political parties around the specific scheduling of their broadcast.

We are seeking views from interested parties on a number of changes proposed by the BBC Executive. Details of the proposed amendments to the current criteria, together with information on how to make a submission, can be found below. The closing date for submissions is 19 November 2015.