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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Governors review: licence fee bid

The Â鶹ԼÅÄ published its case for the next licence fee settlement in October 2005.

In January 2006, the Board of Governors commissioned Professor Patrick Barwise of the London Business School to carry out further research to provide them with an independent and up-to-date view of what licence fee payers think about the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's proposals for the next Charter period. The Governors wanted to satisfy themselves that they had the best understanding of licence fee payers' opinions before the final stages of the licence fee settlement process.

Furthermore, the Governors wanted to understand licence fee payers' reaction to the Government's plan to fund targeted help via the licence fee.

The following report is entirely the work of Professor Patrick Barwise. His comments, conclusions and recommendations are his own and should be attributed only to him. See below for a short biography of Professor Barwise.

For the full report and its appendices, please see the documents below.

The earlier research by Human Capital and MORI - referred to throughout this report - was first published in October 2004 and October 2005 respectively and can be read here.

Two further pieces of research were commissioned by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Governance Unit on behalf of Professor Barwise which are also referred to throughout his report: