Telelvision Licences: Fees and Charges
(asked on 11th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people in total and (b) women were sent to prison for the non-payment of a magistrates’ court fine arising from a conviction for evasion of payment of TV licence fees in 2019.
This question was answered on 14th January 2022
The number of people admitted to prison for failing to pay magistrates’ court fines in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence in 2019 was two or fewer (the actual number has not been released in order to protect against personal identification), none of whom were women.