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1133608

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for the non-payment of TV licence fees (i) in total and (ii) of women in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The lead Government Department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV license fees and figures for each year since 2008 up to December 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 24 and convictions are in row 25.</li><li>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody can be found in row 36, however custody is not a sentencing option for TV licence evasion, therefore this row is nil.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted and sentenced to immediate custody in total and for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 (the earliest available in the court proceedings database) and 1999, by age and sex can be found in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 267177 267178 267179 267180 question first answered 27/06/2019 14:36:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name tvlicence_final.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133609

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people and (b) women were sent to prison for the evasion of payment of TV licence fees in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The lead Government Department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV license fees and figures for each year since 2008 up to December 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 24 and convictions are in row 25.</li><li>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody can be found in row 36, however custody is not a sentencing option for TV licence evasion, therefore this row is nil.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted and sentenced to immediate custody in total and for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 (the earliest available in the court proceedings database) and 1999, by age and sex can be found in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 267176 267178 267179 267180 question first answered 27/06/2019 14:36:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name tvlicence_final.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133610

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people, (b) people aged over 75 and (c) women aged over 75 were prosecuted for the evasion of payment of TV licence fees in each year between 1990 and 1999.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The lead Government Department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV license fees and figures for each year since 2008 up to December 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 24 and convictions are in row 25.</li><li>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody can be found in row 36, however custody is not a sentencing option for TV licence evasion, therefore this row is nil.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted and sentenced to immediate custody in total and for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 (the earliest available in the court proceedings database) and 1999, by age and sex can be found in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 267176 267177 267179 267180 question first answered 27/06/2019 14:36:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name tvlicence_final.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133611

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions (a) in total, (b) of people aged over 75 and (c) of women aged over 75 resulted in convictions in each year between 1990 and 1999.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The lead Government Department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV license fees and figures for each year since 2008 up to December 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 24 and convictions are in row 25.</li><li>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody can be found in row 36, however custody is not a sentencing option for TV licence evasion, therefore this row is nil.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted and sentenced to immediate custody in total and for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 (the earliest available in the court proceedings database) and 1999, by age and sex can be found in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 267176 267177 267178 267180 question first answered 27/06/2019 14:36:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name tvlicence_final.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133612

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people in total, (b) women, (c) people aged over 75 and (d) women aged over 75 have been sent to prison for the evasion of payment of TV licence fees in each year between 1990 and 1999.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The lead Government Department on TV licencing is the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV license fees and figures for each year since 2008 up to December 2018 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 24 and convictions are in row 25.</li><li>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody can be found in row 36, however custody is not a sentencing option for TV licence evasion, therefore this row is nil.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted and sentenced to immediate custody in total and for TV licence evasion in the years between 1992 (the earliest available in the court proceedings database) and 1999, by age and sex can be found in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 267176 267177 267178 267179 question first answered 27/06/2019 14:36:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name tvlicence_final.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133200

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much debt was outstanding in relation to individuals sent to prison for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	266681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are the responsible prosecuting body for council tax evasion and hold the relevant information regarding council tax debts.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 266682 266684 266685 266686 266687 266688 266689 266690 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:03:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133202

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the average (a) cost to the public purse of a prison sentence and (b) amount of debt outstanding in cases where people have been sent to prison for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	266682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are the responsible prosecuting body for council tax evasion and hold the relevant information regarding council tax debts.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 266681 266684 266685 266686 266687 266688 266689 266690 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:03:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133203

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Committal Proceedings: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many committal proceedings have been started against people for council tax non-payment in each year between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	266683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the numbers of committal orders issued as a result of proceedings against people for council tax non-payment since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department does not hold information on how many proceedings have been started.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/06/2019 09:39:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133204

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many liability orders were granted to local authorities by magistrates in England and Wales for the non-payment of council tax in each year between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	266684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are the responsible prosecuting body for council tax evasion and hold the relevant information regarding council tax debts.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 266681 266682 266685 266686 266687 266688 266689 266690 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:03:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133206

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people paid their council tax debt in full to avoid committal to prison in England and Wales in each year between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	266685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are the responsible prosecuting body for council tax evasion and hold the relevant information regarding council tax debts.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 266681 266682 266684 266686 266687 266688 266689 266690 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:03:50 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman