§ Mr. ColemanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report the amount of fines imposed in magistrates courts in England and Wales in each of the years 1987, 1988 and 1989;
326W(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the amount of unpaid fines imposed in magistrates courts in England and Wales for each of the years 1987, 1988 and 1989.
§ Mr. John PattenIn 1987 the amount of fines imposed in magistrates courts in England and Wales was £108.7 million. In 1988 the figure rose to £120.9 million. Data for 1989 will not be available until the autumn.
Information is not collected centrally on the amount of unpaid fines imposed in magistrates courts.