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Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to make an order under section 76A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 to vary the maximum amount of candidates' election expenses. [314942]
Mr. Wills:
The Government do not intend to vary the maximum amount of candidates' election expenses under section 76 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 before the next parliamentary general election. In reaching
this view I have consulted the Electoral Commission, who agree that an increase in spending limits is not necessary at this point. I will be placing copies of both letters in the Library.
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in (a) each region of England and (b) Wales were (i) fined and (ii) prosecuted for non-payment of television licence fees in each of the last three years. [314487]
Claire Ward: The requested information is shown in the following tables.
Total fines for TV licence in each region, 2006-08 | |||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
Notes: 1. The TV licensing provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 were replaced by new provisions in the Communications Act 2003 which came into effect on 1 April 2004. 2. These are the numbers fined against for all offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act which mainly but not exclusively covers TV licensing offences. 3. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice |
These data are presented on the principal offence basis: where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence, the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed; where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences, the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in Northern Ireland were (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for non-payment of the television licence fee (i) in total, (ii) by local authority area and (iii) by constituency in each of the last three years. [314674]
Bridget Prentice: In 2008, 5,272 people in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee and 4,118 fines imposed.
In 2007, 5901 people were prosecuted and 4,464 fines imposed.
Corresponding information for 2006 is not available.
Information is not collected by local authority area or by constituency. However, the following table shows information for 2007 and 2008 for magistrates courts across Northern Ireland:
Defendants prosecuted for no TV licence-2007 | ||
Magistrates court office | Number of defendants | Number of fines |
Defendants prosecuted for no TV Licence-2008 | ||
Magistrates court office | Number of defendants | Number of fines |
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