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Originally Posted by NewVista
Truth is, you are not required to
answer any questions Govt may pose unless you're subpœnaed - which
They won't do, as the process would cost Them more than the £1,000 !
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The enforcement system in the UK doesn't work like this. It's actually quite nasty, involving threatening letters and sometimes personal visits to unlicensed homes. Subject to much criticism, even by those who support the licence fee. The authorities are very coy about revealing the number of prosecutions for evasion and I suspect there are actually very few. AFAIK nobody has ever been prosecuted using evidence from a detector van. These vans are largely bluff to frighten people into buying a licence.
In any case, the enforcement methods are irrelevant to whether licence fee is a good method of funding PSB in the UK.