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Mathew Haines
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19 August 2019
Dear Mr Haines
Request for Information – RFI20191222
Thank you for your request to the BBC of 20th July 2019 under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (‘the Act’) seeking the following information:
“Has "Tv licence"vehicle detector evidence been produced in a court of law in the uk to secure a
prosecution?
Please note that “TV Licensing” is a trade mark used by companies contracted by the BBC to
administer the collection of television licence fees and enforcement of the television licensing
system. The majority of the administration of TV Licensing is contracted to Capita Business
Services Ltd (‘Capita’). Over-the-counter services are provided by PayPoint plc (‘PayPoint’) in the
UK, and by the Post Office in the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Target Group (‘Target’) is the
supplier for the Simple Payment Plan trial. Marketing and printing services are contracted to
Proximity London Ltd. Media services are contracted to Media Planning Limited trading as Havas
Media UK. The BBC is a public authority in respect of its television licensing functions and retains
overall responsibility.
Please be advised that the Act gives a general right of access to all types of recorded information
held by public authorities; and we are not required to create new information to respond to a
request, or give a judgement or opinion that is not already recorded.
This is a query rather than a request for recorded information and therefore falls outside the
scope of the Act. To be helpful, I can tell you that information relevant to these query is readily
available on the TV Licensing website at
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/foi-administering-the-
licence-fee-AB20 under the heading “How many people have been convicted of not having a valid
TV Licence based on evidence obtained from using detection equipment?”.
Appeal Rights
If you are not satisfied that we have complied with the Act in responding to your request, you
have the right to an internal review by a BBC senior manager or legal adviser. Please contact us at
the address above, explaining what you would like us to review and including your reference
number. A request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of receiving the
BBC’s response to your original request.
If you are not satisfied with the internal review, you can appeal to the Information Commissioner.
The contact details are: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, Tel: 0303 123 1113 or see
https://ico.org.uk/. .
Yours sincerely
Rupinder Panesar
Freedom of Information Advisor, TV Licensing Management Team
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