To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract. (81544)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has no contracts with the Post Office.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has over 60 sponsored bodies/Executive agencies and the figures for them could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies (i) make available and (ii) have made available in the last five years through the Post Office network; through how many outlets the service is or was made available; and how many relevant transactions were undertaken in each case in the most recent year for which figures are available. (79202)

DCMS does not have any of its services provided through the Post Office network.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the only DCMS sponsored body that has used the services of the Post Office network in the last five years. It provides services for BBC TV Licensing including budget card payments and refunds from all of its available branches. However, I am unable to provide the total number of transactions because the information relating to television licence fees is not collected centrally by post offices.