Question follow-through · 32518
Television Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total number of TV licence fee payers was in each of the last ten years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total number of TV licence fee payers was in each of the last ten years.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
The BBC is responsible for collection of the TV licence via TV Licensing. TV Licensing publishes the number of licences in force in its Annual Review, which can be found here: https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/our-performance-AB6
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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