§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were fined in courts in the Metropolitan police district in each of the six months up to the latest available date; and, of that number, how many people defaulted on their fines.
§ Mr. JackThe information readily available centrally on the persons fines in the Metropolitan police district in the last six months of 1991 is given in the table. Data on people defaulting on their fines are not held centrally.
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Number January a1 150,679 b2 7,328 c3 10,856 February a 153,829 b 5,523 c 9,034
Number March a 144,302 b 5,073 c 8,072 April a 119,702 b 6,076 c 9,034 May a 131,212 b 6,467 c 9,960 June a 143,558 b 10,258 c 9,883 1Represents parking tickets; 2Represents Driver Liability (Endorsable) tickets; 3Includes provisional tickets issued where the driver has been given 7 days in which to produce his or her licence. These may not all become full tickets. Details on how many were paid, and unpaid, are not available in the format requested. Information on the numbers paid is recorded by quarter. The figures for the first two quarters of 1992 are:
Paid January–March a1 294,750 b2 10,780 c3 18,969 April–June a 248,155 b 12,788 c 18,983 1Represents parking tickets; 2Represents Driver Liability (Endorsable) tickets; 3Includes provisional tickets issued where the driver has been given 7 days in which to produce his or her licence. These may not all become full tickets.