Written questions

Television Licences: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 13521 · Tabled 26 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 6 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits and impacts of redirecting a portion of Annual Licence Fee revenues towards resilience-enhancing measures.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 6 Jul 2026

The resilience of the UK’s critical national infrastructure is of central importance to the essential services the public rely on. We welcome Ofcom’s review of the power resilience of mobile networks, recognising the complexity of the challenge but also t...