The CH my OH is in is very good but I was disappointed to receive a bill for his TV. Licence !! Apparently as he's the youngest resident, 72, and he has his own TV he needs to have a license. I wonder if I can contest this? After all we have a TV here and we could have 2or 3 and not have to pay anymore so why does he have to pay again. I'm thinking of taking it further. Has anyone any experience of this?
TV licence
- Thread starter Ernest
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Hi
I was looking into this myself last month as Dad had moved into care full time and Mum was still living at home, Dad received a free TV licence.
As far as I could make out if the Care Home had a licence to cover all of the residents then Dads free TV licence could still be used at his home, however if the Care Home didn't have such a licence then Dads had to be used at the Care Home and Mum would have to purchase a new one for her use.
I didn't even give this a thought until I read something in a magazine
Hi. Thanks for that. All the other residents are over 75 so get free licence so they don't have a full home one. Surely though at £725 PW they could?!!!! I'm going to investigate !! Xx
The licence should only cost £7.50/yr
Ask the manager to organise it, if they insist you pay don't worry it's not worth getting het up about it.
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check...ons/residential-care-homes-aud14#additionform
Ask the manager to organise it, if they insist you pay don't worry it's not worth getting het up about it.
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check...ons/residential-care-homes-aud14#additionform
I think it is quite usual to have to pay this. I had to do so when my husband was in a nursing home and under 75.
Hi, can you tell me where you found the information that if he wasn’t using the licence in the care home it could still be used in the house as before and what happens when the licence needs renewing please. Thank you
I think it would depend on whose name was on the licence. I had problems trying to get the TV licensing authority to change our Direct Debit into my name and the only was was to cancel the existing order and start another in my name so I left it as it was. He still had to pay in the nursing home though as he had a television in his room. The amount my husband paid was merely a contribution of the full cost of a licence and once he reached 75, only a few months before he died, he no longer had to contribute.
See below for details about TV licences and moving into a care/nursing home.
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ80
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As there is an existing TV licence thread so i shall continue here..
Rang mother yesterday, who was perplexed that the PO had told her she's got to pay for a licence.
I immediately told her it was nonsense and that the plan to introduce a fee for those not in receipt of pension credit. But I was wrong.... She will have to pay and is happy to do but it's just set in train more worry for her. 'Where's her current licence? How does she apply?' etc etc (rhetorical questions..). And then the PO said pensions were going to paid into personal bank account and no longer collected at the PO.
It's times like this you realise all the sacrifices made in the wars - mother born at the beginning of WW2 and how the world has changed. It makes me sick to see so much money being made by bankers. What exactly do banks do?! We just need the post office, and the ability to withdraw cash. We make like life so difficult... Rant over.
Rang mother yesterday, who was perplexed that the PO had told her she's got to pay for a licence.
I immediately told her it was nonsense and that the plan to introduce a fee for those not in receipt of pension credit. But I was wrong.... She will have to pay and is happy to do but it's just set in train more worry for her. 'Where's her current licence? How does she apply?' etc etc (rhetorical questions..). And then the PO said pensions were going to paid into personal bank account and no longer collected at the PO.
It's times like this you realise all the sacrifices made in the wars - mother born at the beginning of WW2 and how the world has changed. It makes me sick to see so much money being made by bankers. What exactly do banks do?! We just need the post office, and the ability to withdraw cash. We make like life so difficult... Rant over.
I have been told I will have to pay for a TV licence in MAY I won’t be paying for a TV licence because it’s not fit for purpose and it appears to be a money for nothing with the high salaries its disgusting when I retired 12 years after working 51Years my salary was £24.800 per year Lineker is getting pain £33.653 per week
The BBC has published the latest list of its highest-paid stars later as part of its annual report.
Here's a list of the biggest earners at the BBC in 2018-19:
Gary Lineker - £1,750,000-£1,754,999
Chris Evans - £1,250,000-£1,254,999
Graham Norton - £610,000-£614,999
Huw Edwards - £490,000-£494,999
Steve Wright - £465,000-£469,999
Alan Shearer - £440,000-£444,999
Andrew Marr - £390,000-£394,999
Claudia Winkleman - £370,000-£374,999
Zoe Ball - £370,000-£374,999
Jason Mohammad - £355,000-£359,999
Vanessa Feltz - £355,000-£359,999
Nicky Campbell - £340,000-£345,999
Stephen Nolan - £325,000-£329,999
George Alagiah - £315,000-£319,999
Nick Grimshaw - £310,000-£314,999
Lauren Laverne - £305,000-£309,999
Gabby Logan - £290,000-£294,999
Nick Robinson - £290,000-£294,999
John Humphrys - £290,000-£294,999
Jeremy Vine - £290,000-£294,999
Scott Mills - £285,000-£289,999
Dan Walker - £280,000-£284,999
Ken Bruce - £280,000-£284,999
Evan Davis - £275,000-£279,999
Jo Whiley - £270,000-£274,999
Sophie Raworth - £265,000-£269,999
Emily Maitlis - £260,000-£264,999
Mishal Husain - £255,000-£259,999
Fiona Bruce - £255,000-£259,999
Laura Kuenssberg - £250,000-£254,999
The BBC has published the latest list of its highest-paid stars later as part of its annual report.
Here's a list of the biggest earners at the BBC in 2018-19:
Gary Lineker - £1,750,000-£1,754,999
Chris Evans - £1,250,000-£1,254,999
Graham Norton - £610,000-£614,999
Huw Edwards - £490,000-£494,999
Steve Wright - £465,000-£469,999
Alan Shearer - £440,000-£444,999
Andrew Marr - £390,000-£394,999
Claudia Winkleman - £370,000-£374,999
Zoe Ball - £370,000-£374,999
Jason Mohammad - £355,000-£359,999
Vanessa Feltz - £355,000-£359,999
Nicky Campbell - £340,000-£345,999
Stephen Nolan - £325,000-£329,999
George Alagiah - £315,000-£319,999
Nick Grimshaw - £310,000-£314,999
Lauren Laverne - £305,000-£309,999
Gabby Logan - £290,000-£294,999
Nick Robinson - £290,000-£294,999
John Humphrys - £290,000-£294,999
Jeremy Vine - £290,000-£294,999
Scott Mills - £285,000-£289,999
Dan Walker - £280,000-£284,999
Ken Bruce - £280,000-£284,999
Evan Davis - £275,000-£279,999
Jo Whiley - £270,000-£274,999
Sophie Raworth - £265,000-£269,999
Emily Maitlis - £260,000-£264,999
Mishal Husain - £255,000-£259,999
Fiona Bruce - £255,000-£259,999
Laura Kuenssberg - £250,000-£254,999
If over 75 and in receipt of pension credit the licence is free after 31th May
The person can apply in advance for this or wait for an application form which will be sent to those currently over 75 and not having to pay.
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/age?wt.mc_id=bbc_pr_o75_english .
My mum will have to start paying for a licence again this year although I'm half inclined not to bother doing it on her behalf and let them chase it up with her. I'd like to see their reaction after a conversation with mum as she won't know what they are talking about and she's thrown the letter away!
I understand how you feel but unhappily there wouldn't be a conversation with your mum. It would be just a case of stroppy letters sent by a computer.
I think it's a shame that anyone with dementia has to pay a licence as a lot of the time the TV is all they have.
Thank you. She doesn't receive pension credit. It's just another thing for her to worry about. Plus despite telling her several times she can watch tv, she stopped watching for a couple of days. Now she is watching again!
End of free licence for over 75s delayed till August
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51911065 .
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51911065 .
