Ofcom's consultation document (https://is.gd/uZd0HF) sets out their proposed plans for the next financial year. The final Annual Plan, published in March 2022, will take into account responses from stakeholders to this document.

Ofcom would like to receive views and comments on the issues raised in the consultation document, by 5pm on 9 February 2022. Full details here: https://is.gd/uc8ULX

Ofcom will be hosting an online consultation event to discuss their Proposed Annual Plan - more details here: https://is.gd/0r8c2K

The following themes from the consultation are of particular relevance to the community radio sector:

Licensing TV and radio broadcast services. We will continue to issue, manage and maintain licences for all national and local commercial TV, digital commercial and community radio services, and restricted service analogue radio services. We will continue to respond to stakeholder requests to make changes to those licences where appropriate. In terms of new licensing, we will continue our focus on digital services.

Supporting platforms for broadcast services. We will expand listener choice by licensing new small-scale DAB digital radio services throughout the UK, and renew the licences for the multiplexes which carry local DAB and Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) services. Alongside this, we will continue our work on community and commercial
radio coverage improvements and extensions for existing analogue services.

Our Making Sense of Media (MSOM) programme. Promoting media literacy is a key tool in our principal duty to further the interests of citizens and consumers and will be critical to our future functions as the online safety regulator. We re-launched our online media literacy programme in December 202123, to explain our plan of work, with the goal of promoting people's ability to participate effectively and stay safe online.

Monitoring diversity and equality of opportunity in broadcasting. We intend to publish a call for inputs to inform how we refine our approach to diversity data collection and will therefore suspend our usual reporting process in 2022.  Call for input Q2 2022/23

Reporting on adults’ media literacy. We will publish our annual Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes report, looking at media literacy among UK adults. Report Q1 2022/23

Reporting on children’s media literacy. We will publish our annual Children’s Media Use and Attitudes report, providing evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as information about the media access and use of children aged 3-4. Report Q2 2022/23

Please detail below the priority issues that you wish the CMA to submit to Ofcom's consultation on their Annual Plan 2022-23.