WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (BLIND PERSONS FACILITIES) ACT.

HC Deb 26 March 1929 vol 226 cc2276-7W

Mr. DAY

asked the Postmaster-General the cost to date of administering the Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons Facilities) Act, 1926?

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

The present number of wireless receiving licences issued free to blind persons under the Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons Facilities) Act, 1926, is 14,372, representing a remission of licence revenue of £7,186 a year. No statistics are available to indicate the cost to the Post Office, the Ministry of Health and the county authorities of administering the Act.