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Magistrates’ Courts: Fines

Volume 506: debated on Monday 1 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was (a) imposed and (b) enforced in financial penalties by magistrates' courts in England and Wales in each quarter since January 2005. (318915)

The total amount imposed in financial penalties by magistrates courts in England and Wales in each quarter since January 2005 is:

Quarter ending

Amount imposed (£)

March 2005

72,010,873

June 2005

79,893,537

September 2005

76,827,681

December 2005

75,804,360

March 2006

44,796,975

June 2006

52,758,386

September 2006

73,267,726

December 2006

72,474,846

March 2007

79,821,484

June 2007

76,769,112

September 2007

79,280,472

December 2007

76,605,000

March 2008

78,114,419

June 2008

77,579,483

September 2008

86,721,586

December 2008

83,070,886

March 2009

86,955,289

June 2009

85,036,294

September 2009

87,805,353

December 2009

87,805,476

HMCS systems do not identify how much was collected in respect of financial penalties imposed in just the magistrates courts and can provide only the total collected in respect of all financial penalties i.e. financial penalties imposed in the magistrates courts, crown courts and unpaid fixed penalty notices and penalty notices for disorder which are transferred into HMCS for enforcement. The total amount collected in respect of all financial penalties in England and Wales in each quarter since January 2005 is:

Quarter ending

Amount collected (£)

March 2005

53,291,438

June 2005

57,675,258

September 2005

56,145,793

December 2005

60,742,717

March 2006

58,742,427

June 2006

57,725,587

September 2006

86,599,832

December 2006

58,329,155

March 2007

62,139,006

June 2007

64,707,934

September 2007

64,143,607

December 2007

64,439,257

March 2008

62,826,865

June 2008

63,593,020

September 2008

64,649,201

December 2008

59,572,453

March 2009

58,705,030

June 2009

60,469,348

September 2009

62,260,160

December 2009

69,700,096

It should be noted that financial penalties can be collected in a different period from which they were imposed in.