Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in each local authority area did not pay their court fine in England and Wales within 12 months for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
The Ministry of Justice holds published information on sentencing outcomes in England and Wales up to December 2020.
Court outcomes data is not held at either local authority or local justice area geographical level. Data is published at a police force area geographical level. Data on the number of people in each police force area who received a court fine in England and Wales for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 can be found in the attached table.
We do not centrally hold data on the number of people who do not pay their court fines, and the data requested for each of these questions cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in each local authority area received a court fine in England and Wales for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
The Ministry of Justice holds published information on sentencing outcomes in England and Wales up to December 2020.
Court outcomes data is not held at either local authority or local justice area geographical level. Data is published at a police force area geographical level. Data on the number of people in each police force area who received a court fine in England and Wales for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 can be found in the attached table.
We do not centrally hold data on the number of people who do not pay their court fines, and the data requested for each of these questions cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish annual totals from the information collected by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service in the MC100 Statements of assets and other financial circumstances for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
There are no plans to publish information from the MC100 statement of assets and other financial circumstances form.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Pension Credit at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Working Tax Credit at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Income Support at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Housing Benefit at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Child Tax Credit at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Income-related Employment and Support Allowance at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were in receipt of Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We do not centrally hold data on offender income and financial circumstances, and the data requested for each question cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Fines are means-tested. The value of a fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and, when setting a fine, the court must take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed.