HC Deb 04 December 2002 vol 395 cc890-1W
Mr. Humfrey Malins

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the total level of fines imposed by the Inner London magistrates courts was in each of the last three years; what the average recovery time was; and what amounts were (a) written off and (b) remitted. [83810]

Yvette Cooper

The Inner London Magistrates' Courts Service (1LMCS) became part of the amalgamated Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (GLMCA) on 1 April 2001. It is therefore not possible to provide separate data for Inner London from that date, only data for the amalgamated GLMCA. Information on average fine recovery times is not collected.

The information available is set out in the table as follows:

£
Organisation Year Imposed Written off Remitted
GLMCA 2001–02 77,640,695 13,916,583 127,931,066
ILMCS 2000–01 60,240,074 5,742,177 4,812,386
ILMCS 1999–2000 54,160,594 7,564,414 6,817,071
1 Includes all areas within the GLMCA, not just ILMCS