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TV sinners
— a CAB evidence report on the BBC licence fee | | Author(s) | John Wheatley |
| Corporate Author | National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux - NACAB; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Publisher | NACAB, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 56 pp (NACAB E/1/98) |
| Source | NACAB, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9lZ. |
| Keywords | Television licences ; Concessions [financial] ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The main purpose of this report is to call for a nationwide scheme to allow people, especially those on lower incomes and those without access to banking facilities, to buy their television licence in small instalments, payable weekly or fortnightly. The report supports the present trend towards decriminalising the offence of TV licence non-payment, and reiterates previous calls from the Citizens' Advice Bureaux (CAB) Service for the debt to be collected or enforced through the civil courts rather than under the criminal law. Of particular interest, a section on concessionary licences, recommends that all residents over pension age living in sheltered accommodation who qualify for the specially reduced licence fee of £5 should continue to do so. There should be a halt on the withdrawal of concessions from people who currently pay a concessionary rate, and consideration should be given to reinstating entitlement in cases since 1988 where it has been withdrawn. In addition, registered blind are only entitled to a discount of £1.25: this should also be reviewed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980610215 B |
| Classmark | JAR: JL: 6K |
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