Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 21 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer on 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1087W, on Ofcom: finance, with reference to note 30 to the accounts on page 103 of the Ofcom Annual Report for 2009-10, for what reasons Ofcom owes £29.3 million to central Government bodies; what plans there are to recover those funds; and for what reasons such liabilities arose.
holding answer
As I said in my answer to the hon. Member's previous question about this on
In addition, BIS has provided a loan of £2,036,000 to Ofcom to enable them to undertake work to meet their obligations under the Digital Economy Act 2010. Those costs will fall to industry, but will not be recouped until the code of practice comes into force, at which time Ofcom will repay the loan to BIS.
Ofcom's 2009-10 Annual Report lists £29.238 million grant in aid paid by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in respect of the following Ofcom activities for the months of April, May, June and July 2010:
£ million | |
Spectrum Management | 22.5 |
Spectrum Awards | 1.8 |
Spectrum Clearance | 41 |
Ex-Post Competition | 0.7 |
Other-online copyright infringement, local media, digital participation and postal integration | 0.1 |
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