Question follow-through · 94043
Television Licences: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to remove the Television Licence exemption for people over 75 years old and in receipt of pension credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to remove the Television Licence exemption for people over 75 years old and in receipt of pension credit.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
To ensure the BBC is on a stable financial footing, the Government has committed to the current licence fee model for the remainder of the current Charter period. Currently, TV licence concessions are available to people who are registered blind or severe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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