§ Mr. Goldingasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what measures are being taken to prevent evasion of television licence payments; what is the cost of these measures; from which public funds the cost is met; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Sir J. EdenThe measures are reminders to renew licences, follow up of statutory notifications from dealers, other routine checks on apparently unlicensed households, detector car operations and publicity. The cost, some £6 million in 1971–72, is borne on Votes. Anti-evasion costs, together with issue costs and interference investigation costs, are deducted from the amount of the gross licence revenue in order to arrive at the amount payable to the BBC.