British Broadcasting Corporation Television Licence Fee Trust Statement for the year ending 31 March 2011

The environment for the collection of Licence Fee revenue has continued to be challenging. Revenue growth has been affected by low household growth, restricted household incomes and changes in customer viewing behaviour. The Government has committed to modernising the licence fee to include BBC on demand programmes, and to close the so called iPlayer loophole. This will ensure that those who currently consume BBC programmes on demand (for example on the iPlayer) for free will pay the same as those watching or recording them live. Revenue collection has remained strong however growth has lagged behind the estimated rate of household growth reflecting the changes in the TV penetration rate. Evasion is estimated at between 6% and 7%.

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The Stationery Office annual catalogue 2011 provides a comprehensive source of bibliographic information on over 4900 Parliamentary, statutory and official publications - from the UK Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and many government departments and agencies - which were issued in 2011.