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Lord Chancellors Dept;Court Service

Answer

Mr. Etherington: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the estimated projected annual income the Court Service will receive from levying new charges for (a) fee numbers (1) 2C (ii) application by debtor to vary judgment, (iii) 2C (2) application to set aside judgment, (3) 2C (iv) application to district judge, (4) 2C (vi) application to circuit judge, (5) 4 (i) (c) second or subsequent warrant and (6) 4 (ix) application to suspend warrant and (b) entering a counter claim against the plaintiff. [19502] Mr. Streeter: The question concerns a matter which has been assigned to the Court Service under the terms of its framework document. I have therefore asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member. Letter from Michael Huebner to Mr. Bill Etherington, dated 17 March 1997: PQ/304: Projected income from new court fees. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about the projected annual income the Court Service will receive from new court fees. These estimates do not take account of the possible impact of the judgment in R v the Lord Chancellor ex-parte Witham. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fee number and type of process Projected income £ million 2C(ii) and (ii) Application to vary or set aside judgment{1} 0.975 2C(iv) Application to district judge or circuit judge ex-part or 8.3 by consent 2C(v)(vi) Application to district judge and circuit judge{1} 2.0 4(i)(c) Request for second or subsequent warrant 2.3 4(ix) Application to suspend warrant 0.865 Entering a counterclaim against the plaintiff{2} No projection has been made _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} This is a combined projection for the two fees. {2} The new fee payable on entering a counterclaim is the same as if separate proceedings were being issued for that amount.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

19502; 292 c365W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Debts Fees and charges Judges Income Judgements Court Service

Contains statistics

Yes