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1329995

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that, ahead of the introduction of a Plastics Tax in April 2022, consumers are actively engaged in the increased recycling of plastic packaging, allowing for business of all sizes to secure the necessary supplies to meet the 30 per cent post-consumer recycled content requirement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	11479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government expects Plastic Packaging Tax to create greater demand for recycled material and in turn stimulate increased levels of recycling and collection of plastic waste.</p><p> </p><p>The supply of recycled material is also expected to increase in the future as a result of technical advancements, improvements to collection infrastructure through the Government’s proposals for consistency in recycling, and the planned reforms to the Packaging Producer Responsibility system.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 14/06/2021 12:21:02 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328852

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 2020.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes (including fine amounts) for the non-payment of TV licence fees up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 23 and convictions are in row 24.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li><li>The number of fines issued each year can be found in row 28, and the average fine amount in row 78.</li></ul><p>Number of charges withdrawn can be found in the Magistrates’ courts data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; Charges withdrawn can be found in row 25.</li></ul><p>It is not possible to distinguish at which stage the charge was withdrawn, whether the offence was dealt with under a Single Justice Procedure or information regarding plea at magistrates’ court.</p><p>Centrally held Ministry of Justice court proceedings data does not record committals for default of fine payment because the offence will be recorded under contempt of court, which will not separately identify non-payment of fines. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8545 8548 8550 question first answered 07/06/2021 15:55:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328853

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 much revenue was raised from fines paid following TV licence fee non-payment convictions in each year from 2012.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/06/2021 16:11:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328854

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 much his Department handed down in fines to people sentenced for TV Licence fee non-payment in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes (including fine amounts) for the non-payment of TV licence fees up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 23 and convictions are in row 24.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li><li>The number of fines issued each year can be found in row 28, and the average fine amount in row 78.</li></ul><p>Number of charges withdrawn can be found in the Magistrates’ courts data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; Charges withdrawn can be found in row 25.</li></ul><p>It is not possible to distinguish at which stage the charge was withdrawn, whether the offence was dealt with under a Single Justice Procedure or information regarding plea at magistrates’ court.</p><p>Centrally held Ministry of Justice court proceedings data does not record committals for default of fine payment because the offence will be recorded under contempt of court, which will not separately identify non-payment of fines. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8543 8548 8550 question first answered 07/06/2021 15:55:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328855

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 much prosecutions for non-payment of the TV licence cost his Department in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is unable to disaggregate costs specifically related to the prosecution of non-payment of TV Licences from the overall costs of the magistrates’ court.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/06/2021 15:59:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328856

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 people were handed down a prison sentence due to non-payment of council tax in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>Non-payment of council tax is not a criminal offence and cannot attract a custodial sentence. However, as a last resort, a magistrates’ court has the option to commit an individual to prison for non-payment.</p><p> </p><p>Before a magistrates’ court commits someone to prison for failure to pay their council tax, it must have issued a “liability order” and the local authority must have (at least) tried and failed to take control of the debtor’s goods and sell them to recover the debt. Councils have additional powers of enforcement under a liability order, including deduction from earnings, deduction from benefit, charging orders on the property, and bankruptcy. If a council applies for committal to prison, the court must inquire into the debtor’s means, and the council must satisfy the court that there is no other effective method of collection and that failure to pay is due to wilful refusal or culpable neglect. This is to prevent persons who are genuinely unable to pay their council tax from being committed to prison. Where that is the case, courts have the power to remit the debt.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of non-criminal admissions to prison for non-payment of council tax, covering the period 1990 – 2020, can be viewed in Table A2.12 at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/983553/Receptions_2020.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/983553/Receptions_2020.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/06/2021 13:32:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328857

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 and Television Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many committal orders were made by Magistrates’ Courts in England and Wales against women for default of payment of fines (a) in total and (b) in relation to a conviction for the non-payment of (i) a TV licence fee fine and (ii) council tax in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes (including fine amounts) for the non-payment of TV licence fees up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 23 and convictions are in row 24.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li><li>The number of fines issued each year can be found in row 28, and the average fine amount in row 78.</li></ul><p>Number of charges withdrawn can be found in the Magistrates’ courts data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; Charges withdrawn can be found in row 25.</li></ul><p>It is not possible to distinguish at which stage the charge was withdrawn, whether the offence was dealt with under a Single Justice Procedure or information regarding plea at magistrates’ court.</p><p>Centrally held Ministry of Justice court proceedings data does not record committals for default of fine payment because the offence will be recorded under contempt of court, which will not separately identify non-payment of fines. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8543 8545 8550 question first answered 07/06/2021 15:55:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328858

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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 and (b) women were sent to prison for the non-payment of a magistrates’ court fine arising from a conviction for evasion of payment of TV licence fees in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2020, there were no admissions into prison associated with failing to pay a fine in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/06/2021 13:33:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328859

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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, in how many prosecutions for TV Licence fee non-payment charges were withdrawn (a) after a Single Justice Procedure was sent to the defendant and (b) after a plea was entered by the defendant.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes (including fine amounts) for the non-payment of TV licence fees up to December 2020, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; prosecutions can be found in row 23 and convictions are in row 24.</li><li>To see these figures for females, select ’02: Female’ in the Sex filter.</li><li>The number of fines issued each year can be found in row 28, and the average fine amount in row 78.</li></ul><p>Number of charges withdrawn can be found in the Magistrates’ courts data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987723/magistrates-court-2020.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter; Charges withdrawn can be found in row 25.</li></ul><p>It is not possible to distinguish at which stage the charge was withdrawn, whether the offence was dealt with under a Single Justice Procedure or information regarding plea at magistrates’ court.</p><p>Centrally held Ministry of Justice court proceedings data does not record committals for default of fine payment because the offence will be recorded under contempt of court, which will not separately identify non-payment of fines. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8543 8545 8548 question first answered 07/06/2021 15:55:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1328861

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the terms of reference for the mid-term review of the Royal Charter for the continuance of the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	8551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Royal Charter sets out that the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport must determine the scope and terms of reference (including the timing) of the review following consultation with the BBC, Ofcom, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and the Northern Ireland Ministers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Mid-Term Review must not be undertaken before 2022 but the government has been clear that preparatory work will begin immediately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 07/06/2021 09:53:25 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman