§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place in each of the past five years against people failing to pay television licences; and how many of those prosecuted were over 65 years of age.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonFollowing are the figures for the last five years of prosecutions for the offence of unlicensed use of television:
1969–70 … … … 50,717 1970–71 … … … 47,569 1971–72 … … … 48,198 1972–73 … … … 63,231 1973–74 … … … 54,359 Separate figures relating to people over 65 are not available.