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<p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications
Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>The
Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and
sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their
criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures
for each year since 2005 up to 2022 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data
tool, and can be found in the following dataset:</p><ul><li><p>2018-2022: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx</a></p></li></ul><p>To
view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’
in the Offence filter. These figures can be refined further by age to identify an
age range of 70+, it is impossible to provide the data for 'pensioners' as that is
a diverse group that cannot be filtered purely by age.</p><p>The data for individuals
aged 70+ are the following:</p><ul><li><p>2022 - 260 proceeded against & 217
sentenced</p></li><li><p>2021 - 238 proceeded against & 207 sentenced</p></li><li><p><del
class="ministerial">2022</del> <ins class="ministerial">2020 </ins>- 329 proceeded
against & 288 sentenced</p></li></ul><p>Alternative data does also show no Over
75s have been prosecuted and that none of the prosecutions have resulted in custodial
sentences.</p><p> </p>
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