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1133845

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date	21/06/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to help protect vulnerable older people from prosecution for unpaid TV licences.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee, not government.</p><p> </p><p>The BBC set out in its decision document on the future of the over 75 licence fee concession that enforcement action would be a last resort, and that it will consider ‘people’s vulnerability'.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2019 13:42:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133203

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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