§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the 621W cost of producing the English only and the bilingual Welsh/English television reminder form, respectively; what is the cost of the prepaid envelopes enclosed with the reminder form; how many television licences are renewed by direct application to the National Television Licence Records Office; and how many by application at Post Offices.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe estimated annual cost of providing the English only licence reminder form is some £43,000, and of the Welsh English form some £5,500. The cost of producing the prepaid envelopes enclosed with the reminded forms is some £50,000. Postage is charged only on those actually used, and is some £170,000. At present about 2,600,000 television licences, some 15 per cent. of the total issued, are obtained by direct application to the National Television Licence Records Office and nearly 15 million by application at post offices.