Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the number of households with black and white television licences per thousand households in (a) the UK as a whole and (b) in Northern Ireland in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2015.

According to TV Licensing, the number of households with black and white television licences per thousand households in the UK was 0.64 in 2012 and 0.38 in 2015; and in Northern Ireland was 1.57 in 2012, and 0.98 in 2015.