The digital switchover help scheme a scheme agreement between Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation

The Digital Switchover Help Scheme is focused on providing practical assistance and support to those individuals who need it most, so ensuring that no one will be left behind in the switch to digital TV. It is aimed at people aged 75 and over, people with significant disabilities and people who are registered blind or registered partially sighted. People with significant disabilities are those who receive Attendance Allowance or Disability Living Allowance. The assistance and support provided by the Scheme will include: providing equipment to convert one TV set; help with installation; follow-up support. This provision will be free to the poorest eligible households (ie those on Income Support, Job Seeker's Allowance or Pension Credit). Other eligible households will need to pay a one-off modest fee. This Agreement between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the BBC covers: principles, provisions and definitions; eligibility, making and determining applications; assistance under the scheme, and review and appeal procedures; service standards, charges and relations with other bodies. It also explains the arrangements concerning expenditure, financing and borrowing, the governance and accountability of the scheme, and outlines the types of assistance available under the scheme.