Subject	Predicate	Object
42nkAZeP	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	Y1w2o0AE
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>Ministers regularly talk to the BBC about a range of issues, including licence fee enforcement.</p><p>Under the Communications Act 2003 the BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not the Government. Given the BBC’s independence from government it would not be appropriate for the Government to seek to intervene on operational decisions on enforcement action. Nonetheless, the Government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner, and to treat all vulnerable people with sensitivity in doing so.</p><p>The TV Licensing website advises households that have recently completed a No Licence Needed declaration to ignore letters from TV Licensing asking them to buy a TV Licence. It also states that a No Licence Needed declaration is valid for two years, and that after this time, letters will be sent unless a household reconfirms its declaration.</p>
	answer given date	2023-09-08
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	42nkAZeP
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	42nkAZeP
Y1w2o0AE	question has answer	42nkAZeP
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	42nkAZeP