§ Mr. Andrew Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of 5p concessionary television licences issued in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of those licences are held by pensioners.
§ Mr. RentonAt the end of May 1987, 690,629 people benefited from concessionary licences, which are known as accommodation for residential care licences. Separate records are not kept showing how many are retirement pensioners or physically disabled or mentally disordered people, but the great majority are believed to be retirement pensioners.
§ Mr. McCuskerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black and white and colour television licences have been issued each year in Northern Ireland during the past five years; and how many successful prosecutions there have been in each year against licence fee evaders.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information relates to the number of general form television licences in force at the end of March in each of the years mentioned, and to the number of convictions in each year to that date:
has been obtained in the last five years as a result of a search warrant; this was one of four sought in the last 12 months.