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Written question asked by Martin Whitfield (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 May 2019 (named day). It was answered by Margot James (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Television Licences: Enforcement

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that cable and satellite TV companies to share their subscription information with TV Licensing to improve the investigation and enforcement process as set out in section 5 of the TV licence free enforcement review.

Answer

The government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate way to reduce costs and evasion. We continue to explore the feasibility of subscription data sharing.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
249353
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Enforcement Satellite broadcasting Subscriptions Television licences
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk