Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley South)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent in each region of the UK from income generated through fixed penalty notices in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Receipts from fixed penalty notices (FPNs) including those issued for speeding offences and penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) are collected by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and accounted for in the annual HMCTS Trust Statement. By statute these receipts are due to the Consolidated Fund, however, HM Treasury have agreed that annually £30m of the receipts from paid FPNs plus an additional £10 per paid PND should be ring fenced for use by victim services. The remaining receipts, under the latest HM Treasury spending review, are to be retained by MoJ and form part of their overall funding settlement.
In 2019-20 HMCTS collected £105.2m from FPNs and PNDs of which £30.088m was ring fenced to victim services and the remaining £75m was retained by MoJ. The ring-fenced victim services receipts from FPNs and PNDs form part of the overall MoJ budget for victims and witnesses, and thus it is not possible to quantify funding arising from fixed penalty notices relation to speeding or by region.
In 2019-20, the overall victims and witnesses budget was £96m, including the provision of annual victims service grants to 42 Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales and funding to commission emotional and practical support to help victims cope and recover from the effects of crime.
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley South)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the Government spends income generated through fixed penalty notices issued for speeding offences.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Receipts from fixed penalty notices (FPNs) including those issued for speeding offences and penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) are collected by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and accounted for in the annual HMCTS Trust Statement. By statute these receipts are due to the Consolidated Fund, however, HM Treasury have agreed that annually £30m of the receipts from paid FPNs plus an additional £10 per paid PND should be ring fenced for use by victim services. The remaining receipts, under the latest HM Treasury spending review, are to be retained by MoJ and form part of their overall funding settlement.
In 2019-20 HMCTS collected £105.2m from FPNs and PNDs of which £30.088m was ring fenced to victim services and the remaining £75m was retained by MoJ. The ring-fenced victim services receipts from FPNs and PNDs form part of the overall MoJ budget for victims and witnesses, and thus it is not possible to quantify funding arising from fixed penalty notices relation to speeding or by region.
In 2019-20, the overall victims and witnesses budget was £96m, including the provision of annual victims service grants to 42 Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales and funding to commission emotional and practical support to help victims cope and recover from the effects of crime.
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley South)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 252551, Answer of 10 July 2019 to Question 273770 and Answer of 29 July 2019 to Question 280263, on fines: surcharges, for what reason there was a £1 million difference between the raised and allocated amounts in the 2016-17 financial year; and where that money has been allocated.
Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
I am sorry to have to inform you that a rounding error was made in our response to PQ252551 and 252552. In checking that figure, we have also noted several other rounding errors. I therefore set out corrected figures relating to the Victim Surcharge provided in response to these PQs and PQ280263.
Financial Year | Victim Surcharge (VS) Collected* | VS contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget* | VS contribution to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme* |
2010/11 | £10.5m | £10.5m | 0 |
2011/12 | £10.2m | £10.2m | 0 |
2012/13 | £10.5m | £10.5m | 0 |
2013/14 | £19.5m | £19.5m | 0 |
2014/15 | £24.6m | £24.6m | 0 |
2015/16 | £28.3m | £18.3m | £10.0m |
2016/17 | £31.0m | £27.0m | £4.0m |
2017/18 | £35.0m | £31.0m | £4.0m |
2018/19 | £33.5m | £30.5m | £3.0m |
* Rounded to one decimal place
Asked by: Stephanie Peacock (Labour - Barnsley South)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to (a) create an offence of causing serious injury by careless driving and (b) increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving.
Answered by Edward Argar
I refer the honourable member to my response of 3 September to Question 282465.