§ Mr. Holtasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many successful prosecutions there have been for television licence duty evasion in each period of six months from January 1980; how many of those involved were individuals; and how many were corporate bodies.
§ Mr. HurdThe numbers of convictions for television licence evasion were as follows:
January–June July–December 1980 29,298 32,119 1981 34,011 33,288 1982 40,092 40,887 1983 46,595 47,214 A breakdown between individuals and corporate bodies is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.