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1720005

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date	22/05/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for TV licence fee payers as consumers who pay monthly instalments being required to pay more in the first 12 months, for both the current and subsequent annual period, than they would if purchasing a TV licence fee in a one-off annual payment; and what consideration they have given to introducing the option not to pay for the next licence in advance.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL4883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.<p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 24/05/2024 11:53:27 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1715065

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the trend of a decline in the number of broadcast television viewers, what assessment they have made of the future of the licence fee.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL4246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Government believes that there are challenges regarding the sustainability of the current licence fee funding model, and is therefore conducting a review of it.</p><p>As the terms of reference for that review note, the broadcasting sector is evolving rapidly, and members of the public have much more choice about how, when, and where they access content. The review will look at the sustainability of the BBC’s current funding model, and assess how alternative models could help secure the corporation’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition, and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee-payers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 17/05/2024 11:45:36 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1588452

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Legal Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they propose to enact section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL5818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government will not be enacting section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. The Conservative Party manifesto published in 2019 set out our intention to repeal section 40 and the Government has now committed to doing so via the Media Bill as announced in The Queen’s Speech.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 08/03/2023 17:14:06 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott