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min answer › date of answer	2018-08-07
legislature › pref label	House of Lords
min date	2018-10-11
creator › label	Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton
answer › answering member printed	Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

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07/02/2022

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Ministry of Justice

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Television Licences: Fees and Charges

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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions for failure to pay for a TV licence have led to imprisonment in each of the last 10 years.

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Lord Bassam of Brighton

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HL6018

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21/02/2022

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The number of people admitted to prison for failing to pay fines in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years can be viewed in the attached table. A person cannot receive a custodial sentence for TV licence evasion but can be committed to prison for wilfully refusing to pay the fine. Imprisonment is only pursued as a matter of last resort.

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Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

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21/02/2022 12:58:15

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label	Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

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file name	2022-02-21 HL6018 - response table.xlsx
title	HL6018_table

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3504

label	Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton