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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2020-10-21more like thismore than 2020-10-21
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Television Licences: Fees and Charges more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government which regulations set the frequency and amount of instalments by which TV licence fees can be paid; what are the prescribed (1) weekly, (2) monthly, and (3) quarterly, instalment amounts of such fees; and whether those instalments can be paid by cheque. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Blencathra more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-11-03more like thismore than 2020-11-03
answer text <p>The payment instalment schemes for the TV licence fee are set out in the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Schedule 2 of the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 detail the instalment amounts and their frequency as prescribed by each instalment scheme.</p><p> </p><p>It is the BBC, not the government, that administers these schemes and is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, including methods of payment. TV Licensing’s website explains that, at present, only annual licence fee payments can be made by cheque: <a href="https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/pay-for-your-tv-licence/ways-to-pay/cheque-or-postal-order" target="_blank">https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/pay-for-your-tv-licence/ways-to-pay/cheque-or-postal-order</a>.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-11-03T12:06:27.75Zmore like thismore than 2020-11-03T12:06:27.75Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
497
label Biography information for Lord Blencathra more like this