HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 cc219-20W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was the total revenue from television licences over the last 12-month period for which figures are available in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland. [8011]

Mr. Sproat

Total television licence revenue in the United Kingdom for the financial year 1995–96 was £1,820 million, of which an estimated £156 million was collected in Scotland.