§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total sum raised by(a) court-imposed fines and (b) police-imposed fines, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what was the total value of defaulted fines in each of the last five years; and what percentage of fine defaulters were imprisoned in each of the last five years. [40075]
§ Mr. HoonI have been asked to reply.
Details of the sums raised by court imposed fines and road traffic fixed penalties, in each of the last five years, are shown in the table. The total value of fines written off as irrecoverable is also shown, as is the level of arrears. Information on fine defaulters imprisoned is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Table 2 shows the number of fine defaulters imprisoned in each of the last five calender years.
Table 1: Fines £ million Year Fines1 Fixed Penalties Fines Written-off2 Fine Arrears3 1992–93 186.2 34.0 23.6 186.2 1993–94 142.6 79.7 32.6 212.9 1994–95 147.6 65.8 33.4 223.2 1995–96 150.4 60.8 29.6 240.1 1996–97 144.3 72.9 51.7 248.1 1997–98 4114.8 552.4 647.1 7269.4 1 Includes road traffic fixed penalties enforced as fines. 2 See note 1. 3 See note 1. Include sums payable by instalment where the payment is not yet due as well as sums subject to enforcement. 4 To 31 December 1997. 5 See note 4. 6 Provisional full year figure. 7 See note 4.
Table 2: Imprisoned fine defaulters1 Year Males Females Total 1993 21,097 1,306 22,403 1994 21,015 1,454 22,469 1995 18,787 1,370 20,157 1996 8,094 461 8,555 1997 5,964 372 6,336 1 Aged 18 and over.