Radiocommunications Agency publishes 2002/2003 Annual Report & Accounts

16 July 2003

The Radiocommunications Agency has published today its Annual Report and Accounts for 2002/2003. (HC 742)

The Annual Report summarises the Agency’s activities in 2002/2003. The information in the Report is arranged in chapters corresponding to the Agency’s 14 objectives, to enable our audience to see clearly how far the Agency has succeeded in meeting these objectives.

The Agency’s Accounts have been given a clean audit report by the National Audit Office.

With the vesting date for Ofcom now firmly scheduled for December 2003, subject to the passage of the Ofcom Bill being completed in time, this may be the last full annual report and accounts that the Agency will publish. It is, however, anticipated that the Agency will need to produce an annual report and set of accounts up the date that its powers transfer to Ofcom and that these will be audited by NAO before being laid in Parliament.

The Annual Report and Accounts may be downloaded from the Radiocommunications Agency website at www.radio.gov.uk/about/document/annual/02_03/0203.pdf (Download PDF file)

Bound copies will be available from 1st August, free of charge, from the Agency’s Information and Library Service:
Tel: 0207 211 0502/05; fax: 0207 211 0507; e-mail: library@ra.gsi.gov.uk

Press Enquiries: 020 7215 5974/5978
Public Enquiries: 020 7211 0500
Radiocommunications Agency website: www.radio.gov.uk
Out of hours: 020 7215 5110/5600
Textphone for those with hearing impairment: 020 7215 6740

Notes for editors

1. The Radiocommunications Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry and its main functions are:

• Formulating policy on the planning and management of the UK radio spectrum;
• Co-ordinating UK views and participating in international negotiations on the use of radio;
• Authorising use of radio by licensing or exemption;
• Enforcement of legislation on the use of radio equipment and investigation of radio interference.

2. By the end of this year, the Radiocommunications Agency and all responsibility for regulating the radio spectrum and communications services will become part of Ofcom – the new converged regulator for the communications sector. See the Ofcom transitional website at www.ofcom.org.uk for more details.

RA/PN/2003/08