Set against the fines income is the cost of prosecuting evaders, and the expenses incurred by imprisoning those who fail to pay their fine. While the number of licence fee prosecutions continues to grow, at around four per cent a year, most courts deal with a large number of evaders in one sitting, meaning that while those accused of evasion make up 11.5 per cent of all magistrates’ court cases, they only take up 0.3 per cent of all court time.