Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the saving in public expenditure resulting from the transfer of the cost of providing free TV licences for those aged 75 and over to the BBC.

As announced at the Summer Budget 2015, the funding of the free TV licence for those aged 75 and over will transfer to the BBC from 2020.

Currently the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for reimbursing the BBC for free TV licences for those aged 75 and over. At the time of the Summer Budget 2015, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated the exchequer impact to be:

There will also be an additional saving of £1m from 2020/21 onwards relating an administration fee payable by DWP to the BBC.