HC Deb 15 June 1998 vol 314 c67W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Newark (Mrs. Jones) on 1 June 1998,Official Report, columns 50–51, what estimate he has made of the aggregate licence fees which would be paid in respect of in-cell television when it is fully available in the event of the ending of Crown exemption. [44609]

Ms Quin

None, as yet. The Government propose to consider the practicability of a licensing regime later on in the context of licensing arrangements more generally. Meanwhile, prisoners with this earned privilege will pay a weekly charge of about £1, against average weekly earnings of £7.50, which will fully cover the costs of sets, their replacement and wall brackets.