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 on
29 March 2023
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 |