§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list by constituency the number of pensioner households which(a) will and (b) will not be eligible for the free television licence in November. [113018]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 3 March 2000]: This information is not available. 1991 Census information is out of date and no household survey has a sample size sufficient to make reliable estimates of qualifying households at a constituency or local authority level.
§ Mr. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pensioner households will not receive the free TV licence for the over 75s. [111865]
§ Janet AndersonThe estimated number of households consisting only of people of state pensionable age but below the age of 75 is 2.9 million.