UK television licence fee evasion
Evasion and prosecution data for the years to 31 March; custodial sentence data for calendar years
evaders caught
prosecutions
custodial sentences
2000/01
366,000
129,000
2000
30
2001/02
373,000
114,041
2001
14
2002/03
367,000
126,377
2002
20
2003/04
380,000
104,650
2003
17
2004/05
386,000
120,352
2004
28
2005/06
399,000
157,452
2005
:
Breakdown for 2005/06
England and Wales
140,490
Scotland
13,617
Northern Ireland
3,248
Isle of Man
70
Channel Islands
27
Prosecutions are brought by the TV Licensing agency, except in Scotland, where they are brought by the Procurator Fiscal
Source: BBC, TV Licensing; household data calculation by Terra Media
UK television licence fee evasion