14. Commitments
14a. Contracts placed for future expenditure
14b. Other financial commitments
أغر؟´«أ½ World Service has a contract with VT Communications Limited for the period to March 2012 for the provision of transmission services. The contractual charge for the year ended 31 March 2009 was آ£30.0 million (2008: آ£29.3 million).
14c. Operating leases
Operating lease commitments payable in the following year analysed according to the period in which the lease expires: