Television Licences: Older People

(asked on 14th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been issued to people over 75 for non-payment of TV licences since the removal of the free TV licence concession.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 24th January 2022

Between the removal of the free TV licence concession as of August 2020 and December 2020 (latest published data available), there have been 0 fines issued to people over 75 for non-payment of TV licences.

National statistics on the number of fines issued under TV licence evasion for the calendar year of 2021 are due for publication in May 2022.

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