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Mr. Hanley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) black and white and (b) colour television licences were issued in 1989.
Mr. Mellor
Licence issues are recorded by financial year. A total of 17·4 million colour and 2·2 million monochrome licences were issued in 1988–89. Figures for 1989–90 are expected in several weeks time.