§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the short-fall between fines levied and collected in each of the past three years.
§ Mr. BrittanInformation in this form is not available. The cumulative total amounts of fines outstanding in England and Wales, excluding inner London, at the end of the financial years 1977–78 and 1978–79 were £22,126,110 and £29,404,719 respectively. But these figures include fines which remained unpaid because the time allowed for payment had not expired. Comparable information for 1979–80 is not yet available.