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Mr. Colin Shepherd
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of the television licence for the years 1974, 1979 and 1987 in terms of 1985 prices.
Mr. Mellor
The information requested is as follows:
| Television licence fees as at 31 March | Television licence fees at 1985 prices1 | |||
| Monochrome | Colour | Monochrome | Colour | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1974 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 |
| 1979 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 44 |
| 1987 | 18 | 58 | 216 | 253 |
| 1 Calculated by reference to changes in the retail price index—rounded to the nearest £. | ||||
| 2 Estimate. | ||||