Question reference: S4W-08790
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 19 July 2012
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much money received through (a) court and (b) fixed penalty fines it has remitted to the Treasury in each year since 2007.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no role in the collection of fines, or in their remission to HM Treasury. These are operational matters for the Scottish Court Service (SCS).
SCS has provided the following information in response to your question:
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|
JP Non-Statutory Court Fines £000 |
Sheriff Court Fines £000 |
Total Court Fines £000 |
Fiscal Penalties £000 |
Police Fixed Penalties £000 |
Total £000 |
|
Value Collected by SCS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007-08 |
0 |
16,086 |
16,086 |
659 |
0 |
16,745 |
|
2008-09 |
326 |
17,188 |
17,514 |
1,959 |
4,190 |
23,662 |
|
2009-10 |
733 |
13,998 |
14,731 |
3,167 |
9,348 |
27,246 |
|
2010-11 |
1,010 |
27,776 |
28,786 |
3,565 |
13,273 |
45,625 |
|
2011-12 |
1,013 |
10,179 |
11,192 |
4,107 |
13,476 |
28,775 |
|
Value Retained by SCS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007-08 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
659 |
0 |
659 |
|
2008-09 |
326 |
0 |
326 |
1,599 |
840 |
2,764 |
|
2009-10 |
733 |
0 |
733 |
2,036 |
2,168 |
4,938 |
|
2010-11 |
1,010 |
0 |
1,010 |
2,297 |
3,056 |
6,362 |
|
2011-12 |
1,013 |
0 |
1,013 |
2,786 |
2,922 |
6,720 |
|
Value Remitted to Consolidated Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007-08 |
0 |
16,086 |
16,086 |
0 |
0 |
16,086 |
|
2008-09 |
0 |
17,188 |
17,188 |
360 |
3,350 |
20,898 |
|
2009-10 |
0 |
13,998 |
13,998 |
1,130 |
7,180 |
22,308 |
|
2010-11 |
0 |
27,776 |
27,776 |
1,269 |
10,218 |
39,262 |
|
2011-12 |
0 |
10,179 |
10,179 |
1,321 |
10,554 |
22,054 |
Notes:
SCS commenced collecting fiscal fines in all courts from December 2007. Figures for 2007-08 are therefore not directly comparable with other years
Figures for JP court fines are not directly comparable between years prior to 2010-11 due to the progressive nature of court unification.
The total fines income remitted to HMT includes all sheriff court fines income and the non-retainable element of the JP court fines income - the JP court element (statutory) is not separately identifiable.
Total remitted to HMT includes fines, confiscations and forfeitures.
There was a significant single confiscation of £17 million in 2010-11.