HC Deb 25 October 2000 vol 355 cc125-6W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what recent contacts he has had with(a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and (b) the BBC about the administrative arrangements for the free television licence scheme. [134543]

Mr. Rooker

The Department has been working closely with officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and with the BBC on the administrative arrangements for the free TV licence scheme. I have been briefed by the BBC on the procedures to be used.