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date	22/11/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals were (1) cautioned, (2) charged, and (3) convicted as a result of non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years; and how many Magistrate Court cases arose as a result of such non-payment.
tabling member printed	Lord Borwick
uin	HL11702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>No offenders have been cautioned by the police for television licence evasion: the TV Licencing Organisation, rather than the police are the prosecuting authority in these cases. The Ministry of Justice does not hold charge data. However, data on cases heard and convictions is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Television Licence Evasion Figures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cases Heard</p></td><td><p>Convictions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>190,336</p></td><td><p>166,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>172,957</p></td><td><p>152,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>138,698</p></td><td><p>129,245</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/12/2018 16:46:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4281 label Biography information for Lord Borwick

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date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) individuals were charged, and (2) Magistrate Court cases (a) were heard, and (b) ended in conviction, in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Borwick
uin	HL11703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold charge data. However, data on cases heard and convictions is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Magistrates' Courts Figures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cases Heard</p></td><td><p>Convictions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,492,160</p></td><td><p>1,179,919</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,456,177</p></td><td><p>1,176,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,392,139</p></td><td><p>1,146,720</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/12/2018 16:49:48 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4281 label Biography information for Lord Borwick