Written question asked by Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 June 2008. It was answered by Shahid Malik (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for International Development.
Departmental Television
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available.
- Answer
-
The Department for International Development (DFID) subscribes to the Parliamentary TV System to allow access to the Parliamentary Annunciator System, the Division Bell and Commons and Lords TV channels in the UK. Other services and channels are included in the package; these are selected by the Information Committee of the Houses of Parliament.DFID has subscribed to the above service since 1997. Annual costs for 2006, 2007 and 2008 are as follows:
Amount (£) 2006 20,850 2007 20,850 2008¹ 6,610 ¹To date. In addition, DFID pays the annual standard TV licence fee of £139.50 per year for two Freeview digital boxes.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 478 c1212W; 215646
- Session
- 2007-08
- Subjects
- Department for International Development Television
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2013-11-24 19:06:11 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1338651
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1338651
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1338651