§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the total arrears of fines outstanding at 31 December 1978 in each of the inner London magistrates' courts, stating (a) what percentage of the fines in each court has been outstanding for more than 12 months and (b) what percentage of fines was only recovered as a result of enforcement action.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offenders in inner London served custodial sentences as a result of non-payment of fines;
(2) what percentage of offenders on suspended committals for non-payment of fines serve custodial sentences; and what percentage pay their fine.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI regret that the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many money payment supervising officers there are for the inner London magistrates' courts; and for how many offenders each, on average, is responsible.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesFive: and 240.