§ Mr. Donald Andersonasked the Postmaster General if he will make an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of waiving the whole or half the television licence fee for old-age pensioners, either single persons or married couples, who live on their own.
§ Mr. BennThe number of retirement pensioners who, as single persons or as married couples, live on their own, is not known; and no meaningful estimate of the cost of waiving the television licence fee whether in whole or in part can be made.