Thats what I heard, all fines goto central Government.
I bought my License online.
Check this. My reply from the EA,
"Dear Stuart Thank you for your e-mail regarding your rod licence. This has bee passed on to our Rod Licensing Team for attention and theywill be in touch with you shortly. Your rod licence will normally take about 5 working days to get to youfrom when you purchased it. If you bought your licence between 11-14March there will be a delay due to technical problems. You are stillentitled to fish provided that you have the confirmation page from theinternet and proof of identification. Kind Regards Donna BrownCustomer Service AdvisorNCCCSheffield08708 506 506"
Mine was ordered the 13th March, still no license. However I can't really complain about the after care, they was quite quick. I will post again when the license turns up. See how long that takes.