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Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Thursday, 18 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 March 2010. It was answered by Bridget Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

HM Courts Service: Debt Collection

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court enforcement officers HM Courts Service employed in each HM Court Service region in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008 and (e) 2009.
Answer

The number of court enforcement officers employed by HM Courts Service by regions between 2005-09 is shown in the following table.

Region (a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2007 (d) 2008 (e) 2009
London Region 98 95 87 78 71
Midlands Region 104 108 103 101 99
North East Region 109 118 113 105 94
North West Region 82 81 92 90 85
South East Region 56 53 51 45 42
South West Region 52 55 42 36 61
Wales Region 60 65 53 37 45
Total 561 575 541 492 497

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1081W; 323982
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Debt collection HM Courts Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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