Public correspondence between Ofcom and our stakeholders.
Public correspondence in 2025
Online safety
Online safety
Letter from Ofcom regarding Publication of Illegal Harms Statement, 16 December 2024
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to the Secretary of State, 22 October 2024
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to Parliamentarians, 17 October 2024
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to the Secretary of State, 11 September 2024
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to the Secretary of State, 16 April 2024
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to Parliamentarians, 26 March 2024
Phones and broadband
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to Minister of State, 31 October 2024, in response to Letter from Minister of State, 28 August 2024.
Protecting users from harmful video material
Open letter to UK-established VSPs, 11 October 2023 (PDF, 79.0 KB)
2026-31 voice review and business messaging services
Letter from Brian Potterill to mobile network operators (PDF, 105.3 KB)
Availability and awareness of social tariffs
Letter from Melanie Dawes to telecoms chief executives, 7 July 2023 (PDF, 221.7 KB)
Rules on due impartiality and due accuracy and undue prominence of views and opinions
Letter from Ofcom to the Green Party, 15 May 2023 (PDF, 203.1 KB)
Letter from the Green Party to Ofcom, 10 May 2023 (PDF, 538.4 KB)
Ofcom's preparations for the online safety regime
Letter to Peers on Ofcom's preparations for the online safety regime, 17 April 2023 (PDF, 255.7 KB)
Preventing children from accessing pornography online
Factsheet Ofcom sent to parliamentarians in March 2023 (PDF, 274.4 KB)
Changes to local content and news on the BBC
Letter from Ofcom to the BBC, 24 February 2023 (PDF, 248.6 KB)
Letter from the BBC to Ofcom, 10 March 2023 (PDF, 106.7 KB)
Due impartiality and due accuracy in news
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to Damian Green MP, 21 March 2023 (PDF, 272.3 KB)
Competition and investment in fibre market
Letter from Philip Jansen to Dame Melanie Dawes, 6 February 2023 (PDF, 284.8 KB)
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to Philip Jansen, 6 February 2023 (PDF, 250.2 KB)
Information sharing for non-VSP-controlled advertising
Letter from Kevin Bakhurst to Guy Parker, 26 November 2021 (PDF, 211.4 KB)
Letter from Guy Parker to Kevin Bakhurst, 29 November 2021 (PDF, 198.1 KB)
Mobile strategy
Letter from Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP to Dame Melanie Dawes, 28 July 2021 (PDF, 151.8 KB)
Letter from Lindsey Fussell to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, 4 August 2021 (PDF, 196.8 KB)
Draft online safety legislation
Technical briefing note for the Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill (PDF, 244.6 KB)
Follow-up note for the Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill (PDF, 269.5 KB)
BBC Olympics coverage
Video on-demand (VOD) accessibility
Letter from Ofcom to DCMS (PDF, 543.5 KB)
Broadcasting standards, freedom of expression and the coronavirus
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to Julian Knight MP and Lord Gilbert, 9 June 2021 (PDF, 256.8 KB)
Lord Dyson report
Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes to the BBC, 24 May 2021 (PDF, 178.6 KB)
BBC Panorama investigation
Ofcom has today published some correspondence relating to the BBC’s recent announcement of an independent inquiry into the events surrounding Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Princess Diana on Panorama.
We have published our response to a complaint we received relating to the circumstances surrounding the 1995 interview. We have also published correspondence with the BBC following its announcement yesterday.
Complaint from Mr David Hooper (PDF, 239.0 KB)
Complaint from Mr David Hooper (supplement) (PDF, 204.9 KB)
Letter from Ofcom responding to Mr Hooper's complaint (PDF, 222.0 KB)
Video on-demand (VOD) accessibility
Letter from DCMS to Ofcom, 5 November 2019 (PDF, 245.8 KB)
Letter from Ofcom to DCMS, 16 December 2019 (PDF, 390.2 KB)
Statement of Strategic Priorities
Letter from Katie Pettifer to James Heath, 25 November 2019 (PDF, 300.0 KB)
Shared Rural Network (SRN)
Letter from Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP to Sharon White, 25 October 2019
(PDF, 162.6 KB)
Letter from Sharon White to Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, 25 October 2019
(PDF, 49.2 KB)
BBC Breakfast, 17 July 2019
Correspondence between Ofcom and the BBC, 30 September 2019 to 6 October 2019
(PDF, 851.9 KB)
Provision of information duty
Letter from Ofcom Chair Lord Burns to Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP, 12 April 2019 (PDF, 100.0 KB)
Letter from Ben Dean to Ofcom Chair Lord Burns, 14 May 2019 (PDF, 363.8 KB)
Letter from Ofcom Chair Lord Burns to Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP, 5 June 2019 (PDF, 208.1 KB)
Letter from Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP to Ofcom Chair Lord Burns, 12 July 2019 (PDF, 178.4 KB)
Public service broadcasting
Letter from DCMS to Ofcom regarding Public Service Broadcasting, 22 July 2019 (PDF, 169.2 KB)
Response from Ofcom to DCMS regarding Public Service Broadcasting, 23 July 2019 (PDF, 36.2 KB)
Cairncross Review report
Letter from DCMS to Ofcom regarding Cairncross review report, 12 February 2019 (PDF, 106.2 KB)
Response from Ofcom to DCMS regarding Cairncross review report, 5 March 2019 (PDF, 70.6 KB)
New FM licences for commercial radio
Letter from Glenn Preston to Joan McAlpine, 6 September 2019 (PDF, 197.8 KB)