The percentage increase in the licence fee in each year is set out in the tables.
Level of colour licence fee (£) Percentage increase 1997 91.50 — 1998 97.50 6.6 1999 101.00 3.6 2000 104.00 3.0 2001 109.00 4.8 2002 112.00 2.8 2003 116.00 3.6 2004 121.00 4.3 2005 126.50 4.5 2006 131.50 4.0 2007 135.50 3.0 2008 139.50 3.0 2009 142.50 2.2 2010 145.50 2.1
Level of black and white licence fee (£) Percentage increase 1997 30.50 — 1998 32.50 6.6 1999 33.50 3.1 2000 34.50 3.0 2001 36.50 5.8 2002 37.50 2.7 2003 38.50 2.7 2004 40.50 5.2 2005 42.00 3.7 2006 44.00 4.8 2007 45.50 3.4 2008 47.00 3.3 2009 48.00 2.1 2010 49.00 2.1
The percentage increase in licence fee payers each year since 1997 is set out in the table.
Licence fee payers (excludes free licences to entitled persons introduced autumn 2000) Percentage increase 1997 21,305,247 — 1998 21,722,714 2.0 1999 22,240,032 2.4 2000 22,625,387 1.7 2001 22,838,887 1.0 2002 23,157,215 1.4 2003 23,485,613 1.4 2004 23,898,749 1.8 2005 24,161,532 1.1 2006 24,418,757 1.1 2007 24,545,516 0.5 2008 24,740,047 0.8 2009 24,877,070 0.6