§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report, for each of the past five years, the total income that the British Broadcasting Corporation received from television licences and the amount of licence revenue paid into Government funds from gross licence revenue.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe BBC's licence fee income and the gross television licence fee revenue were as follows:
BBC Income Gross Revenue £ Million £ Million 1979–80 398.8 428.9 1980–81 503.3 532.1 1981–82 557.4 602.4 1982–83 696.8 740.0 1983–84 697.9 762.8 The difference between the two figures takes account of a complex series of adjustments in respect of over or under payments in individual years.