§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the annual cost would be of charging a television licence fee to all pensioners below the age of 75 years of(a) £25 and (b) £50. [4916]
§ Dr. HowellsThe estimated cost, at current television licence fee levels, of providing concessionary licences for all pensioners below the age of 75 is(a) £425 million a year for a £25 licence fee and (b) £290 million a year for a £50 licence fee, in both cases excluding administrative costs.