Courts Service

Mr. Bellingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much HM Courts Service spent in 2006-07 on civilian fines officers; and how much the civilian fines officers recovered in the same period.

Maria Eagle
In 2006-07 Her Majesty's Courts Service spent a total of £72.5 million on criminal enforcement activity. This expenditure was used to fund the day to day enforcement costs, such as the salaries of court enforcement officers, fines officers and administrative staff, training for staff and IT running costs.

The amount of cash collected for the same period in respect of financial impositions, which include fines, costs, compensation and the victim’s surcharge, was £245 million.

It is not possible to identify how much of the above civilian fines officers were responsible for recovering.