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<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>
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