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Written question asked by Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 19 October 2010.


Courts: Fines

Question
To Ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unpaid court fines for which enforcement warrants were issued there were in each year from 2005 to 2009 in England and Wales.
Answer

Her Majesty's Courts Service systems do not automatically collate this information and it has been collected by manual returns from the enforcement offices of each HMCS area. This information is collected in fiscal year format. We have the information shown below.

Year Total Warrants Issued Arrest Warrants Issued Distress Warrants Issued
2006-07 1,357,424 727,883 599,968
2007-08 1,282,622 621,653 625,259
2008-09 787,499 379,705 407,794
2009-10 990,375 396,007 594,368

The return for 2008-09 is an estimate of the warrants issued based on the partial data recorded for this year. The actual number issued could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2301; 721 c141-2WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Courts Enforcement Unpaid fines
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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