§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many television licences for(a) colour and (b) black and white have been issued in Northern Ireland in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information relates to the number of general form television licences in force at 31 March in each of the years mentioned. This was as follows:
Year Monochrome Colour 1980 107,745 162,554 1981 101,313 174,893 1982 94,968 176,936 1983 90,174 183,758 1984 83,818 192,553 1985 79,357 199,055 1986 75,724 194,941 1987 74,520 196,539