§ Mr. Peter BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what the costs would be of introducing a concession of(a) 25 per cent., (b) 50 per cent., (c) 75 per cent. and (d) 100 per cent. on the television licence fee for (i) all pensioners, (ii) pensioners on income support, (iii) people in receipt of income support,(iv) people in receipt of disability living allowance, (v) people in receipt of attendance allowance, (vi) registered blind and (vii) registered deaf; [48021]
(2) if he will give a breakdown of the annual cost to the Treasury of the concessionary television licence scheme; [48023]
(3) what revenues he estimates would be generated from charging (a) hotels, (b) Government offices and parliamentary buildings and (c) other organisations a licence fee for each television set within their premises of
Cost of licence fee reductions (£ million) Category of beneficiary 25% 50% 75% 100% i) All 'pensioner only' households 122 244 367 489 ii) Households including at least one pensioner receiving income support 28 56 84 112 iii) Households including at least one individual in receipt of income support 98 196 293 391 iv) Households including at least one individual in receipt of disability living allowance 29 58 86 115 v) Households including at least one individual in receipt of attendance allowance 19 39 58 77 vi) Individuals who are registered blind 4 8 12 16 vii) Individuals who are registered deaf 1 2 4 5