§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give the amount of fines outstanding at the end of the financial year 1967–68 in the Inner London area; and why £172,000 of fines imposed in magistrates' courts in England and Wales was written off and not collected.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganI regret that "arrears" figures for the Inner London magistrates' courts are not available. In 1967–68, however, these courts collected £1,363,000, and about £28,000 was written off as irrecoverable. The normal reason for writing off a fine is that the offender cannot be traced.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much of the £2,963,000 arrears of fines for the financial year 1967–68 in magistrates' courts in England and Wales, excluding Inner London, was due to fines, or parts of fines for which the time of payment had expired; and how much of the arrears has been cleared since April, 1968 to date.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganI regret that this information is not available.