§ Captain Orrasked the Assistant Postmaster-General the amount received during 1952 from Northern Ireland in respect of broadcasting and television receiving licences; the cost to the British Broadcasting Corporation of maintaining and operating the Northern Ireland home service transmitter during the same year; the proportion of the total grant to the British Broadcasting Corporation for home and television held to be attributable to Northern Ireland; and how much of this is offset by deduction from the Northern Ireland share of reserved taxes.
§ Mr. GammansAs the accounts are prepared for financial and not for calendar years, I am giving the figures for the period 1st April, 1951, to 31st March, 1952, which are the latest available.
The amounts received by the Post Office from broadcast receiving licences in Northern Ireland were:
£ Sound … … 211,239 Television … … 110 Total … … 211,349 The B.B.C.'s revenue expenditure in providing the Home Service Programme in Northern Ireland was £347,000.
It was considered that Northern Ireland accounted for approximately 1.5 per cent. (£186,100), of the total grant to the B.B.C.
16Wduction items, in 1950–51 and 1951–52; and what are the corresponding estimates for 1952–53 and 1953–54, respectively.
§ Mr. BirchThe information requested is given, in very broad terms, in the following table: for its home sound and television services, and this sum was deducted from the Northern Ireland share of reserved taxes.