Compare how the World Service used to be funded to how the rest of the BBC is funded.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;BBC_World_Service" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;BBC_World_Service</a><p>&gt; Like the rest of the BBC, the World Service is a Crown corporation of the UK Government. Until 2014, unlike the rest of the corporation, which is funded through a television licence fee, the World Service was funded through a Parliamentary grant-in-aid given by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2008&#x2F;9 the BBC World Service received 12.4% of the department&#x27;s £2.2 billion budget[37][38] and in the financial year 2011&#x2F;12, the service received £255.2 million from this grant.[39]