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Television Licences: Northern Ireland

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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 206164, tabled on 16 July 2014

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
East Londonderry
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in Northern Ireland held a black and white television licence in January (a) 2009 and (b) 2014.

Answer

Mr Edward Vaizey
Conservative
Wantage
Commons

Answered on

21 July 2014

The number of black and white TV licences held in Northern Ireland at the end of 2013 was 818. TV Licensing, the agency which administers the TV licensing system, does not have enough detail from 2009 to perform the same calculation for that year.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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