§ Mr. Sumbergasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of television licences issued in the years 1957 and 1986.
§ Mr. RentonThe information available in respect of 1957 relates to the number of licences in force at the end of the 1957–58 financial year: 8,090,003. The number of licences in force at 31 December 1986 was 18,904,617.