Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines were (a) imposed by the courts and (b) paid in 2019.
Data on the number of fines issued at all courts (on a principal offence basis) is published in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here. It shows that a total of 926,993 fines were issued by all courts in 2019: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938568/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx
Data on the value of fines issued in 2019, the amount paid relating to the fines issued in 2019 and the amount paid that relates to fines issued in prior years, can be viewed in this table:
Value of impositions made in the period Jan to Dec 2019 | Collections received in 2019 relating to impositions made in the period Jan to Dec 2019 | Collections received in 2019 relating to impositions made prior to December 2018 | |
£000 | £000 | £000 | |
Compensation | 29,224 | 8,236 | 19,046 |
Victim Surcharge | 45,216 | 19,316 | 14,030 |
Crown Prosecution Costs | 29,281 | 11,362 | 17,364 |
Prosecutor Costs | 95,663 | 34,010 | 41,536 |
Fines | 327,004 | 102,503 | 136,345 |
Total | 526,388 | 175,427 | 228,321 |
Notes:
The data provided is all for the 2019 calendar year.