HC Deb 23 April 1980 vol 983 c138W
Mr. Bright

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to make it easier for persons whose property is damaged or destroyed by minors to recover damages awarded as a result of compensation orders or through civil actions by means of attachment orders on the earnings of the parents.

Mr. Brittan

There is already power in criminal proceedings for the courts to make an attachment of earnings order against a parent or guardian whom the court has ordered to be responsible for the payment of compensation for damage caused by a juvenile. The recovery of damages awarded as a result of a civil action is a matter for my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor.