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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-13more like thismore than 2019-06-13
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Television Licences: Non-payment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received a custodial sentence for failure to pay the television license fee in the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Jim Cunningham more like this
uin 264316 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>Failure to pay television licence fees is not an imprisonable offence. However, courts have power to commit to prison for failure to pay criminal fines, which can be imposed for non-payment of television licence fees.</p><p>The number of committals to prison imposed in the last five years for failure to pay fines imposed for non-payment of the BBC licence fee can be viewed in the table.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-06-18T16:53:07.827Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-18T16:53:07.827Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
attachment
1
file name PQ 264316_final.xlsx more like this
title Table more like this
tabling member
308
label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham remove filter