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		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	9vLw3i16
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>On 5 February, the Government announced an 8 week consultation on whether to proceed with the decriminalisation of TV licence evasion by replacing the criminal sanction with an alternative civil enforcement scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that it is right to look again at whether the criminal sanction remains appropriate for TV licence fee evasion, given ongoing concerns about whether the criminal sanction is unfair and disproportionate.</p><p> </p><p>Following careful consideration of the responses, the Government expects to publish a response by summer 2020.</p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2020-02-27
	answer has answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	2dyJbwHt
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	2dyJbwHt
9vLw3i16	question has answer	2dyJbwHt
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	2dyJbwHt