Television Licence Evasion

HC Deb 21 May 1997 vol 294 c68W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many prosecutions for television licence evasion in the Preston TVLEO area took place in each year since 1992. [705]

Mr. Chris Smith

From 1993–94, the Preston Television Licensing Enquiry Office (TVLEO) area also included Morecambe. From December 1996, the Preston TVLEO area was incorporated into TV Licensing's Northern Region and prosecution figures for the Preston area are no longer separately recorded. The number of prosecutions for television licence evasion during the period in question was:

	Year	Number of prosecutions
Preston TVLEO	1992–93	4990
Preston TVLEO (including Morecambe)	1993–94	6571
Preston TVLEO (including Morecambe)	1994–95	5505
Preston TVLEO (including Morecambe)	1995–96	5169
Preston TVLEO (including Morecambe)	April to
	November
	1996	3726