§ 24. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what costs are incurred in the administration and supervision of ships' radio licences where small vessels are involved.
§ Mr. RaisonThe costs incurred are those of administering the licensing system, of paying the Post Office for work done on our behalf, and of paying the Department of Trade for inspecting ships' radio installations and for allocating and maintaining a register of ships' radio call signs. In addition, following a review of the radio regulatory department as one in the series of reviews of Government Departments carried out in consultation with Sir Derek Rayner, my right hon. Friend decided that, as an interim measure, private radio licence fees should meet the cost of 20 per cent. of the unallocated costs of the Department, and maritime licences bear their appropriate share of these.