Our role and purpose, objectives and highlights
Category: Annual Report
Cost per household
A six-year licence fee settlement was agreed in 2010 which has frozen the licence fee at £145.50 until 2017.
Ongoing savings
We have saved £374million p.a. so far through our Delivering Quality First programme and are on track to achieve the full £700million p.a. savings required by 2016/17.
Public support for the licence fee
53% of the public support the licence fee as the means of funding the BBC, compared with 26% for advertising and 17% for subscription.
Monthly spend by licence fee
£12.13 per household
The above analysis corresponds to UK PSB Group content expenditure on page 122, although the costs incurred to generate other income are excluded as they are not funded from the licence fee.
BBC spend in the creative economy 2013/14
Total of £1.1bn
The cumulative impact and spending power of over 20 million television licences can deliver more than content alone. As well as in-house staff, we are able to provide work for many freelance individuals and thousands of large and small businesses across the UK – delivering sustainable benefits to digital and creative industries, as well as the wider British economy.
