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registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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) women and (b) men were found to be using a television without a licence by inspectors in the most recent year for which information is available; and what proportion of (i) women and (ii) men were subsequently prosecuted for a television licence offence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>According to TV Licensing's data, in 2014 232,290 women and 114,347 men were interviewed under caution by TV Licensing officers in the course of investigating TV licence offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted for licence fee evasion in 2014 is published here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a> From “offence” drop down list select 191A Television licence evasion. From “sex” drop down list select the male or female.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 11 men and 28 women were committed to prison for non-payment of a fine where the registered fine was for non-payment of the TV Licence. The average time spent in prison was 18 days for men and 20 days for women.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 9632 question first answered 16/09/2015 10:42:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417724

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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) men and (b) women were committed to prison for the non-payment of a fine for a television licence offence in the most recent year for which information is available; and how many days each such offender spent in prison.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>According to TV Licensing's data, in 2014 232,290 women and 114,347 men were interviewed under caution by TV Licensing officers in the course of investigating TV licence offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted for licence fee evasion in 2014 is published here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a> From “offence” drop down list select 191A Television licence evasion. From “sex” drop down list select the male or female.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 11 men and 28 women were committed to prison for non-payment of a fine where the registered fine was for non-payment of the TV Licence. The average time spent in prison was 18 days for men and 20 days for women.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 9560 question first answered 16/09/2015 10:42:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387315

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
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 Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to remove criminal sanctions for non-payment of the television licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	5342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>An independent review of the sanctions regime for non-payment of the television licence has been led by David Perry QC on behalf of the Government. The Review has now concluded and the Report will be published in due course. In accordance with section 77(3) of the Deregulation Act 2015, I will lay a report setting out my response to the Review within 3 months of its completion.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 08:31:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 13475 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

381716

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on public service broadcasting of decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The potential impacts of decriminalisation are being considered as part of the TV Licence Fee Enforcement Review. This review is in its final stages and David Perry QC will report his findings to the Secretary of State by the end of June.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/07/2015 16:23:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

347719

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
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 Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to decriminalise non-payment of the television licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a thorough review of how the licence fee is enforced. David Perry QC is leading an open, independent, and evidence-based review which is due to report to me at the end of June 2015. My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State will then need to consider the recommendations and how these will feed into the Charter Review process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/06/2015 10:19:20 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

178357

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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 people received custodial sentences in the last 10 years, broken down by gender, for the non-payment of fines relating to television licences; for how many of those people this was their sole offence; and how long the average sentence was.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL4745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2015 answer text <p>Offenders found guilty of TV licence evasion may be sentenced to a fine and there is an expectation that fines are paid immediately where possible. HM Courts and Tribunals Service takes the issue of fine enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that the recovery of fines is a continued priority nationwide. Failure to pay a fine imposed for TV licence evasion can lead to committal to prison for fine default, but only as a last resort once all other methods of recovering the money have been considered or tried and have failed.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the length of time for which men and women were committed to prison for failing to pay a fine imposed for non-payment of a TV licence, since 2005, is provided in the table. The data relates to the fine defaulter's principal offence: information about whether it was their sole offence is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13">Fine defaulter receptions for non-payment of a TV licence, by sex and average sentence length, England and Wales, January 2005- September 2014</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>2005</td><td>2006</td><td>2007</td><td>2008</td><td>2009</td><td>2010<sup>(1)</sup></td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>Jan-Sep 2014</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Fine defaulter receptions for non-payment of a TV licence</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Males</td><td>21</td><td>21</td><td>17</td><td>19</td><td>11</td><td>..</td><td>10</td><td>25</td><td>15</td><td>10</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Females</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>16</td><td>19</td><td>..</td><td>38</td><td>26</td><td>17</td><td>24</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Average sentence length in days</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Males</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>11</td><td>20</td><td>17</td><td>..</td><td>20</td><td>19</td><td>25</td><td>19</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Females</td><td>17</td><td>6</td><td>17</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>..</td><td>24</td><td>25</td><td>23</td><td>18</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Data Sources and Quality</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(1) During 2010 there was a disruption to the supply of the prison receptions data which is used for the purpose of statistical reporting.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/02/2015 16:19:42 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

178358

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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 what guidance is given to the courts on sentencing for non-payment of fines in relation to failure to pay for television licences.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL4746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The courts are provided with guidance on sentencing and other ways of dealing with offenders, such as fine enforcement, by sentencing guidelines. These are issued by the Sentencing Council, which is independent of Government. The enforcement of fines imposed for the offence of TV licence evasion, which is non-imprisonable, is dealt with by the magistrates’ courts. The Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines can be found at the link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MCSG_web_-_October_2014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MCSG_web_-_October_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pages 156 to 159 of the guidelines provide guidance to the courts on the enforcement of fines. This applies to all fines enforced by the magistrates’ courts: there is no specific guidance on dealing with offenders who have failed to pay a fine imposed for the offence of TV licence evasion.</p><p> </p><p>The courts are required by law to follow any relevant sentencing guidelines unless it would be contrary to the interests of justice to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/02/2015 14:38:19 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

93488

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
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 Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to review the rules relating to non-payment of the TV licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	905458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The government supported amendments in the Deregulation Bill and has committed to a thorough, independent review of how the licence fee is enforced. The Secretary of State announced last month that the Review will begin shortly and will conclude early in the next parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/10/2014 11:59:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney