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Written Question
Television Licences: Non-payment
Monday 12th February 2024

Asked by: Lord Botham (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people aged (1) 20–30, (2) 31–40, (3) 41–50, (4) 51–60, (5) 61–75, and (6) 76 and over, were prosecuted in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, and (c) 2023, for non-payment of their TV licences.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The requirement to hold, and pay for, a television licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004. Under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the TV licensing system.

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 its quarterly criminal justice statistics, which can be viewed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly

The figures are not broken down in the exact age groups requested. A breakdown of people proceeded against for TV licence evasion in England and Wales broken down by the age groups provided in the Ministry of Justice’s figures is below:

21-29

2021 - 9,767

2022 - 7,498

2023 - 5,705

30-39

2021 - 18,635

2022 - 16,273

2023 - 13,139

40-49

2021 - 12,804

2022 - 11,712

2023 - 9,790

50-59

2021 - 8,337

2022 - 8,050

2023 - 6,927

60-69

2021 - 3,042

2022 - 3,071

2023 - 2,931

70+

2021 - 269

2022 - 279

2023 - 266


Written Question
Fires: Carbon Emissions
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Lord Botham (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of carbon emissions caused by wildfires in each of the last five years; and how these emissions are accounted for in UK carbon budgets.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.


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