West Midlands councils gave twice as many deferred sentences as any other region in the past five years

Number of people who have received suspended committal orders, by region

Number of people jailed across Britain, in the last five years, for not paying council tax, by region: North East - 55; North West - 119; East Midlands - 114; West Midlands - 807; Yorkshire and the Humber - 326; East - 156; South East - 297; South West - 69; London - 130; Wales - 97

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Data is for the period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022. HMCTS management only provides data if custodial sentence result code (IMP) was applied. It is possible that while a defendant was given a custodial sentence they may have paid before actually going to prison, but the system does not record that.

Chart: Harry Clarke-Ezzidio Source: FOI Request