Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who were ordered by a court to pay compensation into the Victims' Surcharge Fund in each of the last three years (a) paid in full, (b) paid less than 50 per cent and (c) did not pay at all; and what the total shortfall of such payments was in that period.
All convicted adult offenders are ordered to pay victim surcharge and the amounts individuals are required to pay varies depending on the type of sentence they have imposed for the offence.
The total value of victim surcharge imposed in the last three years is:
2014/15 – £38,631,424
2015/16 – £41,661,983
2016/17 – £49,555,981
It is not possible to identify how many individuals were ordered to pay victim surcharge or how many people paid this in full, paid less than 50% or did not pay at all in any specific year without incurring disproportionate costs.