§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) fines and (b) other financial penalties were imposed by the courts for criminal offences during 2000–01, broken down by police authority in England and Wales; and how many of these were paid fully and on time. [152186]
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§ Paul GogginsThe number of offenders ordered to pay a fine or compensation order or who have received a confiscation order (monetary) for all offences at all courts, England and Wales 2000–01, by Police Force Area is contained in the table.
Details on the number of these financial penalties paid fully and on time, is not available centrally.
Number of offenders sentenced to pay a fine, or compensation order or who have confiscation order (monetary) at all courts for all offences, by England and Wales 2000–011 Police Force Area Fine Compensation order Confiscation order Avon and Somerset 25,763 2,467 18 Bedfordshire 9,267 659 6 Cambridgeshire 5,652 919 8 Cheshire 20,387 2,028 8 Cleveland 12,397 1,531 4 Cumbria 9,318 1,387 10 Derbyshire 19,099 1,733 41 Devon and Cornwall 24,123 2,641 9 Dorset 10,026 1,076 11 Durham 8,385 1,558 8 Essex 32,515 2,963 5 Gloucestershire 10,699 851 7 Greater Manchester 83,566 5,432 91 Hampshire 32,869 3,605 19 Hertfordshire 16,095 2,173 4 Humberside 15,851 1,703 29 Kent 16,207 2,489 29 Lancashire 34,402 3,765 10 Leicestershire 20,066 1,432 29 Lincolnshire 14,103 1,388 9 London, City of 8,067 214 1 Merseyside 29,560 1,206 56 Metropolitan Police 140,011 17,573 263 Norfolk 9,341 1,297 5 Northamptonshire 9,949 915 16 Northumbria 34,817 3,775 15 North Yorkshire 9,230 1,471 8 Nottinghamshire 17,309 2,266 13 South Yorkshire 25,764 2,400 24 Staffordshire 11,547 2,045 4 Suffolk 10,050 1,253 5 Surrey 13,117 1,423 3 Sussex 21,438 2,778 30 Thames Valley 33,015 3,217 35 Warwickshire 12,682 788 11 West Mercia 18,860 2,379 18 West Midlands 54,163 6,008 60 West Yorkshire 50,347 4,388 13 Wiltshire 10,559 1,319 8 Dyfed Powys 8,921 983 2 Gwent 15,624 1,392 29 North Wales 12,555 1,501 9 South Wales 28,923 2,121 20 England and Wales 1,006,6 104,512 1,003 1 These data are on the principal offence basis (but including primary and secondary schools).
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by police authority in England and Wales; what the total value of these penalty notices was; what proportion of these were paid in full and on time; and what proportion of those fined paid their penalty in full and on time. [152189]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 30 January 2004]Information on fixed penalty notices issued for road traffic offences by police force area can be found in the annual Home Office publication 'Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales Supplementary1260W tables'—Tables 20(a) to 20(c) refers. The latest issue covers 2001. Copies are available from the Library. The total value of fixed penalty notices issued is not collected centrally.
Data are also collected centrally on the disposal, (ie. paid, fine registration certificate issued etc.) of fixed penalty notices issued for road traffic offences. However because of the time taken for the procedures for payment to be enforced the data are collected approximately nine months later than the period of issue. Tables 21(a) and 21(b) of the above 2001 publication details 2000 data by number and percentage of fixed penalty notices by result. Tables 20(a) to 20(c) of the 2000 publication cover that period. Information is not available on the number of fines paid in full and on time.
Over 6,000 penalty notices for disorder were issued in the year-long pilots in four police force areas which started in mid-2002. A Home Office Research Findings covering the evaluation of the pilots will be published shortly.