BBC Trust

The full BBC Trust meets each month, except August. The minutes are published in this section. Within two weeks of each meeting a summary of the topics covered is published. The minutes themselves go to the next Trust meeting for approval and are published on this site within three weeks of that meeting.

BBC Trust meeting, 14 December 2016

The BBC Trust met on 14 December 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 16 February 2017. Key items of business included:

• An assessment of BBC performance in the first half of 2016/17
• Consideration of Executive proposals around BBC Studios
• Reports from the Trust’s committees and Audience Councils.

BBC Trust meeting, 15 November 2016

The BBC Trust met on 15 November 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 4 January 2017. Key items of business included:

• The Executive’s official response to Dame Janet Smith’s report into the BBC’s cultures and practices during the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall years
• An update on senior management pay
• Reports from the Trust’s committees.

BBC Trust meeting, 1 November 2016

The BBC Trust met on 1 November 2016 by conference call.

BBC Trust meeting, 20 October 2016

The BBC Trust met on 20 October 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 6 December 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Consideration of follow up research to the Trust’s 2008 impartiality report into network news and current affairs coverage of the four UK nations.
• An update on the Charter and Agreement review process
• Reports from the Trust’s committees.

BBC Trust meeting, 26 September 2016

The BBC Trust met on 26 September 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 10 November 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Quarterly review of BBC performance
• Review of the arrangements for pricing of transactions between the BBC public service and its commercial subsidiaries
• An update on the Charter and Agreement review process
• Reports from the Trust’s committees and Audience Councils.

BBC Trust meeting, 13 September 2016

The BBC Trust met on 13 September 2016 by conference call.

BBC Trust meeting, 6 September 2016

The BBC Trust met on 6 September 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

BBC Trust meeting, 1 September 2016

The BBC Trust met on 1 September 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

BBC Trust meeting, 19 July 2016

The BBC Trust met on 19 July 2016 at BBC Birmingham.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 18 October 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Review of the BBC’s news and radio services in the nations
• Impartiality review of the BBC’s use of statistics
• An update on BBC Charter review
• Reports from Trust committees.

BBC Trust meeting, 13 July 2016

The BBC Trust met on 13 July 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

BBC Trust meeting, 16 June 2016

The BBC Trust met on 16 June 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 9 August 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Quarterly review of BBC performance
• Consideration of the BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16
• An update on BBC Charter review
• Reports from Trust committees and Audience Councils.

BBC Trust meeting, 19 May 2016

The BBC Trust met on 19 May 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 7 July 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Discussion of the Government’s White Paper on the BBC
• BBC contributed programming for S4C
• S4C performance review
• Draft Trust impartiality review on the BBC’s use of statistics.

BBC Trust meeting, 11 May 2016

The BBC Trust met on 19 May 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London. 

BBC Trust meeting, 19 April 2016

The BBC Trust met on 19 April 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 9 June 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Discussion on the Trust’s approach to BBC Charter review
• BBC Diversity & Inclusion strategy 2016-2020
• Actions arising from Dame Janet Smith review
• Reports from the Trust’s committees.

BBC Trust meeting, 16 and 17 March 2016

The BBC Trust met on 16 and 17 March 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 10 May 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Quarterly review of BBC performance
• Consideration of the BBC budget for 2016/17
• Discussion on the Trust’s approach to BBC Charter review
• Reports from the Trust’s committees.

BBC Trust meeting with Audience Councils, 16 March 2016

BBC Trust meeting, 23 February 2016

The BBC Trust met on 23 February 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 7 April 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Dame Janet Smith report into the culture and practices of the BBC during the years in which Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall were associated with it
• Discussion on the Trust’s approach to BBC Charter review
• Discussion on the Trust’s service review of BBC Local Radio and local news and current affairs in England
• Reports from the Trust’s committees.

BBC Trust meeting, 18 January 2016

The BBC Trust met on 18 January 2016 at the Trust offices in Great Portland Street, London.

The full minutes of this meeting will be published on or before 15 March 2016.

Key items of business included:

• Trust work plan for 2016
• Discussion on the Trust’s approach to BBC Charter review
• Discussion on BBC news services across the UK
• Reports from the Trust’s committees.