Television Licences: Non-payment
(asked on 21st March 2023) - View Source
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people received a fine for not paying their television licence each year from 2010 to 2022; and how many of those in each year were women.
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.
People are liable to a financial penalty if they are convicted of TV licence evasion. The Ministry of Justice publishes figures on the number of people fined for non-payment of a TV licence; the information requested can be found below.
Number of people who received a fine for licence fee evasion (2010–22), including the number of women who received a fine for licence fee evasion (2010–22)
Year | All | Women (18+) |
2010 | 141,682 | 96,321 |
2011 | 148,539 | 101,007 |
2012 | 164,167 | 111,685 |
2013 | 152,680 | 106,450 |
2014 | 162,341 | 113,986 |
2015 | 166,119 | 117,241 |
2016 | 152,375 | 108,843 |
2017 | 128,617 | 92,568 |
2018 | 120,533 | 87,634 |
2019 | 113,002 | 83,515 |
2020 | 49,948 | 37,542 |
2021 | 44,364 | 33,161 |
Year ending June 2022 | 43,381 | 32,541 |