§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much was collected in fines at magistrates courts in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion was allocated to(a) central Treasury funds and (b) local crime prevention schemes. [155953]
§ Mr. LeslieInformation on fines imposed and collected is provided by the 42 Magistrates Courts Committees in England and Wales.
In 2002–03 fines income from Magistrates Courts amounted to £121,202,780 of which £43,679,000 was used to fund enforcement activity. The balance of £77,523.780 was allocated to central Treasury funds.
In 2002–03, the Home Office provided funding direct to local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and Wales as follows:
Communities Against Drugs—00 million (plus a special one-off uplift of £20 million in 2002–03 as part of the street crime initiative)The Safer Communities Initiative—£20 million