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<p>The Ministry of Justice publishes figures on the number of people fined for non-payment
of a TV licence, broken down by fine amounts, on an annual basis on the GOV.UK website.
These figures were most recently updated in May 2022, in the ‘Sentencing Outcomes’
worksheet in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx"
target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 17.1 MB)</a> as
part of the Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2021 publication.
The number of people fined for this offence can be found by filtering for HO Offence
Code ‘19101 – Television licence evasion’ and breaking this down by fine amount. These
figures can also be broken down by various demographics such as age and gender. The
average fine amount is available on the ‘Average Amounts’ worksheet.</p><p>The penalty
for TV licence evasion is a fine. A person cannot receive a custodial sentence for
TV licence evasion but can be committed to prison for wilfully refusing to pay the
fine or culpably neglecting to pay. In 2021, there were no admissions into prison
associated with failing to pay a fine in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence
in England and Wales.</p>
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