§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been received recently by the National Television Licence Records Office from the Walsall metropolitan borough council on behalf of pensioners for the concessionary licence fee; how many were approved and on what dates; and how many submitted before the change in the regulation remain outstanding and for which proportion.
§ Mr. RentonThree applications have been received since 1 January this year, all of them before the new regulations came into force. They were approved on 4 February, 29 March and 12 April. There are no applications outstanding. However, I understand the hon. Member has been in correspondence with NTVLRO about some further applications which Walsall metropolitan borough council says it sent earlier this year, but of which there is no record of receipt.