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.