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1037153

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date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on its public consultation on licence fees for people aged over-75.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	206018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The government regularly meets with the BBC to discuss a range of issues, including the over 75 concession.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:15:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1035018

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to provide free TV licences to people over the age of 75 after the end of the current scheme in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	205422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The government agreed with the BBC at the 2015 funding settlement that responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in 2020. It is entirely the BBC’s decision on the future of the concession. However, we have been clear that we would want and expect the concession to continue.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/01/2019 16:04:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1019778

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged between 75 and 80 would be affected if the free licence age were raised to 80.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold this information. The responsibility for the over 75 licence fee concession will transfer to the BBC in 2020 and they have released a consultation paper and other papers outlining information about the impact of different options.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/12/2018 17:07:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell