§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men and women were imprisoned for non-payment of fines for(a) not having television licences and (b) other offences involving fines in the last two years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe available information is for 1991. A total of 258 males and 136 females were received into prison service establishments in England and Wales for defaulting on a fine after conviction for operating a television without a licence; and 17,740 males and 840 females were received for fine default following other offences.