| Heading: |
Teleision Licences: Older People |
| Question ID: |
1797660 |
| UIN: |
48341 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
39 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Whittingdale
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| Asking Member handle: |
jwhittingdale
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jwhittingdale
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many over 75s have been prosecuted for licence fee evasion since 2020. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4849 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Alex Davies-Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
AlexDaviesJones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexDaviesJones
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| Answer text: |
Between the period January 2020 and September 2024 (latest available data), there have been two defendants over 75 years of age prosecuted for television license evasion.Defendant age as reported here is taken at the point of sentencing date. Therefore, a... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |