Speeches

Ian C. Lucas – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian C. Lucas on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of television licences for people over the age of 75 in each of the last three years.

Justin Tomlinson

DWP’s expenditure figures on TV licences for the over 75s can be found in table 1a of the ‘summer budget’ link https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2015