HC Deb 06 July 2000 vol 353 c287W
Shona McIsaac

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the cost of extending free TV licences for pensioners aged over 75 years to(a) 70 to 74 and (b) 65 to 69-year-olds. [128564]

Janet Anderson

For the UK in the year 2000–01 the additional annual cost of extending free TV licences to

  1. (a) 65–69 year olds is £200 million, and
  2. (b) 70–74 year olds is £200 million.