TV Licence

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by Dallas

Not in the form of horrid threatening letters, that's my point.

Hi Wes, remember Woof25? aka Mike RIP who passed away in December 2016. We lived in north London, he had the ground floor flat and I had the one upstairs. Everyone, utilities was informed of his death including the TV license authority with copies of his death certificate. I returned to Kenya in February 2017. I was back in the summer and found several notices on the door mat from the TV license authority asking about a TV license for Mikes flat. One of the letters said they had sent an investigation unit round and how there was no reply. There was also written threats of prosecution. I rang them up and I told them how distressed I was to see these threatening letters and there was no need for it. I was immediately put through to a bereavement team. They apologised and said they would put a note on Mike’s address to say he was deceased. However, they did say they would send out a TV license reminder in 6 months for the new occupant. I told them not to bother with that and to leave it for 12 months. That appeared to have got through and they left it for a year. So there you have it, a mix of poor comms and good comms.