B.B.C. and I.T.A. (Expenditure Reductions)

HC Deb 05 February 1968 vol 758 c32W

Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Postmaster-General if he will give details of the reductions in spending by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Television Authority amounting to £2 million, announced by the Government on 21st December, 1967.

Mr. Edward Short

The reductions in 1968–69 will be:

B.B.C.
	£ millions
Transmitters	-0.6
Studio centres and television equipment	-1.2
I.T.A.
Transmitters	-0.2
Total:	-2.0