§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has taken to ensure that the mailing of households not recorded as holding television licences by the Television Licensing Authority is cost-effective. [12662]
§ Dr. HowellsStatutory responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the television licensing system rests with the BBC. Decisions on the resources allocated to different enforcement activities are therefore a matter for the BBC rather than the Government. However, the Corporation is accountable to the National 345W Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee as to the value for money of the collection and enforcement arrangements.