Government expenditure on over 75 TV licenses in the UK 2000/01-2019/20

Published by D. Clark, Jul 12, 2024

From 2000/01 to 2017/18, all people aged over 75 in the United Kingdom did not have to pay for their TV licenses, with the cost covered by the UK government. This benefit was phased out from 2016/17 onwards, when the cost of this benefit to the government was approximately 821 million pounds. 

Government expenditure on over 75 TV licenses in the United Kingdom from 2000/01 to 2019/20 (in million GBP)

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May 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

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This statistic is using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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