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<p>Data showing how many people were imprisoned for non-payment of council tax in
2012, 2013 and 2014 are presented in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Not
Specified</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It
should be noted that there are a few cases where the gender of the defendant has not
been specified and these have been shown separately in the table above.</p><p>These
data are sourced from the Libra Management Information System (MIS). As such this
data set is not subject to the same levels of quality assurance as national statistics</p><p>In
extracting this data only offences of complaint for council tax committal application
have been included where the court hearing date occurred within each year reported
(i.e. between 1 January and 31 December).</p><p>It should also be noted that, although
committals to prison are reported as occurring within a particular financial year,
the non-payment of council tax itself may relate to a previous financial year or even
a period covering more than one financial year.</p>
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