This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

This is a matter for the BBC and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in such matters.

The BBC's Charter places a clear responsibility on the BBC Trust to ensure that the Executive Board delivers financial efficiency and value for money.

The Trust is responsible for approving budgets, at the level of service licences or other significant activities likely to have implications for the delivery of the BBC's Public Purposes, put forward by the Executive. Within this framework, day to day decisions about expenditure remain the responsibility of the BBC Executive.

Under the terms of the BBC Agreement, the Trust has responsibility for commissioning value for money investigations into certain areas of BBC activity. The Agreement was amended in September 2011 to give the NAO full rights of access to the BBC’s accounts and to give the NAO the final say in deciding which areas of BBC expenditure should be subject to investigation. The Trust and NAO regularly discuss the scope of the audit programme.

The Government believes it is important that the Corporation is aware of the concerns of television licence payers. If you have not already done so, you may therefore wish to raise your concerns with the BBC direct at Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA.