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Fines (Greater Manchester)

Mr. Bennett: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department for the last 12 month period for which figures are available, what the total value was of fines imposed by each magistrates court in Greater Manchester; what percentage was collected in each case; and how much each court has written off as uncollectable. [147947]

Jane Kennedy: The information is in the table, with footnotes.

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Fines etc. in Greater Manchester, October 1999 to September 2000

					£
	New amount owed	Amount paid	Percentage paid	Net amount written off	Percentage written off
Manchester	7,149,567	3,371,738	47.2	2,115,156	29.6
North and West Manchester	11,120,286	6,457,388	58.1	2,322,087	20.9
Oldham	1,514,404	895,342	59.1	519,254	34.3
Stockport	2,225,873	1,052,881	47.3	480,070	21.6
Tameside	1,632,282	816,770	50.0	320,291	19.6
Trafford	1,874,208	984,091	52.5	325,158	17.3
Greater Manchester total	25,516,620	13,578,210	53.2	6,082,016	23.8
England and Wales total	391,750,916	224,194,079	57.2	67,628,658	17.3

Notes:

1. New amount owed includes fines, fee orders, costs orders, compensation and confiscation orders, imposed either by magistrates, or by Crown court judges and transferred to magistrates courts for enforcement

2. Debt analysis data are collected centrally from Magistrates Courts Committee areas. They do not distinguish between individual courts in the area. North and West Manchester MCC is responsible for administration in Bury, Wigan, Rochdale, Middleton, Leigh, Salford and Bolton magistrates courts.

3. Amounts paid and written off may relate to amounts imposed before the current 12 month period.

4. The net amount written off includes amounts written back.

Source:

LCD Management Information System

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