§ Mr. Neubertasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the amount of fines outstanding unpaid at the latest convenient date in each of the divisions of magistrates' courts within the Greater London area; how this compares with experience in the previous five years; what is the average estimated recovery rate of a fine enforcement officer; and how many such officers are employed in each division, respectively.
§ Mr. JohnThe fines imposed but unpaid on 30th June 1976 and on the corresponding dates of the four previous years in each petty sessional division in the Outer London Commission Areas are shown in the table below. The figures include fines which are not yet due for payment because the time allowed for payment has not expired. Figures for Inner London are not available.
One fine enforcement officer is employed in each of the Barking, Croydon, Edmonton, Highgate, New Spelthorne and Uxbridge divisions. Where fine enforcement officers are not employed enforcement is carried out by other court staff. There is no information in the Home 655W Office from which the average estimated recovery rate per fine enforcement officer could be computed, and I doubt whether such a figure would be meaningful, since the effectiveness of fine enforcement
June June June June June 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 … £ £ £ £ £ Bexley … 70,333 54,195 37,085 31,014 21,640 Bromley … 112,252 71,189 59,043 44,876 36,723 Croydon … 140,886 91,871 102,012 84,192 70,056 Kingston … 58,550 45,829 35,547 21,028 7,454 Richmond … 58,792 64,006 44,474 Not available Not available Sutton … 27,123 17,337 9,358 7,041 6,234 Wallington … 55,228 36,334 24,174 23,789 19,926 Wimbledon … 40,720 30,754 21,959 17,591 12,693 Barnet … 20,109 10,471 6,730 4,127 9,489 Brentford … 93,570 61,169 37,460 21,726 15,424 Brentford (Ealing) … 100,595 99,126 66,079 57,552 39,439 Edmonton … 184,529 146,945 113,764 122,869 118,750 Highgate … 84,756 62,727 51,030 50,755 38,711 New Spelthorne … 23,438 14,881 9,872 8,218 6,818 Uxbridge … Not available 145,867 112,922 99,598 73,366 Willesden … 155,105 93,336 83,108 110,295 116,370 Gore (Hendon and Harrow) … 116,498 147,257 111,659 94,530 83,355 Barking … 68,475 51,768 51,194 75,630 43,044 Beacontree … 92,145 79,432 65,646 75,275 58,032 Havering … 102,956 75,130 53,820 40,820 30,177 Newham … 116,142 116,861 94,612 77,355 52,277 Waltham Forest … 213,226 136,388 80,801 13,900 22,861