Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 10 October 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much revenue the fines from unpaid television licences generated in 2004–05; and to which departments the revenue is allocated.
Information is available only for England, Scotland and Wales, and relates to all offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, most though not all of which involve television licence evasion. In 2003, the latest year for which information is available, fines totalling £9,181,186 were imposed for offences under these Acts. Information is not held centrally on the proportion of fines collected by type of offence. Revenue from fines is remitted to central funds.
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