PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(17 June 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider the potential merits of extending the period of validity of a declaration of "No License Needed" to TV Licensing, when a person wants to declare that they do not need a TV license, before TV Licensing asks them to renew their declaration.

Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)

The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations including decisions regarding the period of validity of a ‘No Licence Needed’ declaration. However, the Government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate manner.

Through the Charter Review, the government is considering options for fairer licence fee collection and enforcement more broadly.

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