Departmental Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department received from Ofcom in remitted fines in each of the last five years; and what use has been made of these funds. (249676)

Since assuming its powers on 29 December 2003, Ofcom has received and passed to the Consolidated Fund the following amounts in fines:

£
2003-04¹	0.00
2004-05	77,500
2005-06	160,000
2006-07	422,000
2007-08	4,199,000
2008-09²	7,682,500
¹29 December 2003 to 31 March 2004 ² To 31 December 2008

Volume 486: debated on Tuesday 20 January 2009