Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce new fine levels including a fixed amount and an amount variable according to an offender's crime.

For offences sentenced in the magistrates’ courts, within the maxima fixed by Parliament, courts must have regard to the nature of the offending and to the means of the offender when setting a fine.

Section 87 of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders 2012 allows the Secretary of State to amend by order the standard scale of fines for summary offences. Fine maxima are kept under review but there are no current plans to use this power.