Justice written question – answered at on 25 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) what the total value of fines and orders issued by courts in Blaenau Gwent in 2011-12 is that have not yet been collected;
(2) how much money raised from fines and orders issued by courts was used to pay for compensation to victims of crimes in Blaenau Gwent in 2011-12.
The value of financial impositions and confiscation orders imposed in Gwent in 2011/12 and outstanding at the end of the period is set out in the following table:
£ | ||
Imposed April 2011 to March 2012 | Balance outstanding(1) as at end of March 2012 | |
Financial impositions(2) | 4,992,045 | 2,725,631 |
Confiscation orders | 953,695 | 483,805 |
(1 )The balance outstanding includes the balance on accounts that are being paid by instalments and accounts that were not due for payment by the end of March 2012. (2) Financial impositions include fines, cost orders, compensation orders and victim surcharge orders |
The value of compensation recovered in Gwent for orders imposed during 2011/12 and collected by the end of that period was £192,665. This is made up of £135,830 from fines related compensation orders and £56,835 from confiscation orders.
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