Offenders: Fines

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 8 February 2018.

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Photo of Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the administrative costs of recovering money from offenders in court-ordered financial impositions for April to September (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

Photo of Lucy Frazer Lucy Frazer The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The administrative costs of compliance and enforcement activity within HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the periods April to September 2016 and April to September 2017 were as follows:

Costs

2016 (April to September)

2017 (April to September)

Staffing costs

£19,097,108

£18,424,709

Non- staffing costs

£2,997,439

£3,313,036

Total costs

£22,094,547

£21,737,745

The figures provided represent the position at the end of September in each respective fiscal year. The staffing costs include permanent staff, Fixed Term Contract staff and Agency Staff. The Non-Staffing costs include Estate Costs (Utilities, Rent, Maintenance), IT, Telephony, and other running costs.

Cash collections increased over the 2 years in question from £381 million in 2015/16 to £441 million in 2016/17.

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