Written questions

Pensioners: Poverty and Television

Commons · Question 39283 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of pensioners who (a) are in poverty and (b) rely on free terrestrial television to watch TV.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 25 Mar 2025

The department does not currently hold data that combines TV distribution method, age and poverty. DCMS is currently undertaking a project to evaluate the future distribution of television over the next decade. This project will continue to consider the i...