HC Deb 26 April 2004 vol 420 cc791-3W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many(a) state-employed bailiffs and (b) enforcement agents are employed by county and magistrates courts for the enforcement of debts; and how many of them have been certificated through a court procedure. [166804]

Mr. Leslie

609 bailiffs are employed in the county courts. County court bailiffs do not require certification as this is only necessary for certificated bailiffs who, among other things, levy distress for rent under the Distress for Rent Rules 1988; this is not an activity undertaken by county court bailiffs. No other enforcement agents are employed by the county courts, and no enforcement agents are employed by the magistrates courts for the enforcement of debts.

Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will list the bailiff firms and enforcement agencies each magistrates court uses; and what fees and charges agreement each court has in place with the relevant firms. [166805]

Mr. Leslie

Responsibility for the employment of bailiffs and other enforcement agencies in the magistrates court system lies with individual Magistrates Court Committees (MCC), of which there are 42 in England and Wales. A list of the bailiff firms or other enforcement agencies used in each MCC area is set out in the following table. Fees and charges for the employment of bailiffs and enforcement agencies is a matter for each individual MCC and is therefore commercial in confidence.

Bailiff or enforcement agencies used
MCC name Name
Avon and Somerset Drakes Group Ltd. Police Police
Bedfordshire Drakes Group Ltd.
Cambridgeshire Drakes Group Ltd.
Cheshire IPL International Ltd.
Cleveland AS Gent and Associates Equita Ltd.
Cumbria Police
Bailiff or enforcement agencies used
MCC name Name
Derbyshire MA Julious and Co

XMS Warrants Loss

Control Solutions Ltd.
Devon and Cornwall Churchill DC Ltd.

Drakes Group Ltd.

Police
Dorset CCS Enforcement Services Ltd.
Durham Trans National Corporation (TNC) Plc
Dyfed Powys Menai Collect Ltd.
Essex Police
Gloucestershire Drakes Group Ltd

Trans National Corporation (TNC) Plc

Police
GLMCA CCS Enforcement Services Ltd.

Drakes Group Ltd.

Equita
Greater Manchester National Bailiff Services

Equita Ltd.

AS Gent and Associated
Gwent Swift Credit Services Ltd.
Hampshire and IOW CCS Enforcement Services Ltd.
Hertfordshire Drakes Group Ltd.
Humberside Jacobs

Wigglesworth and Co (Northern) Ltd.
Kent Trans National Corporation (TNC) plc
Lancashire Birchalls Ltd.
Leicestershire —
Lincolnshire Drakes Group Ltd.

Loss Control Solutions

Police
Merseyside IPL International Ltd.

Howard Roberts Ltd.

Reliance Security Group
Norfolk Drakes Group Ltd.
North Wales Menai Collect Ltd.

North West Commercial Services
North Yorkshire Phillips Collection Services
Bailiff or enforcement agencies used
MCC name Name
Northamptonshire Rossendales Ltd.
Northumbria Regional Collection Services
Nottinghamshire Bristow mid Sutor

Police
South Wales Swift Credit Services Ltd.
South Yorkshire MA Julious and Co

Rossendales Ltd.

Equita Ltd.
Staffordshire Bristow and Sutor

CCS Enforcement Services Ltd.
Suffolk Drakes Group Ltd.
Surrey Drakes Group Ltd.

Chandlers Ltd.

Police
Sussex Chandlers Ltd.

Police
Thames Valley Equita Ltd

Drakes Group Ltd.
Warwickshire Professional Recovery Services Ltd.
West Mercia Bristow and Sutor

Loss Control Solutions Ltd.
West Midlands CCS Enforcement Services Ltd.

Equita Ltd.
West Yorkshire AS Gent and Associates

IPL International Ltd.

Police
Wiltshire Drakes Group Ltd