Written question asked by Robert Key (Conservative) on Monday, 15 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 March 2004. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 March 2004 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of fines imposed have been paid in (a) Salisbury Magistrates Court and (b) Salisbury Crown Court in the past 12 months. - Inc figure and fact that data are collected centrally at a MCC level, rather than at individual court level.

Answer: Mr. Key: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what percentage of fines imposed have been paid in (a) Salisbury magistrates court and (b) Salisbury Crown court in the past 12 months. [162447] Mr. Leslie: Magistrates Courts Committees (MCCs) have a responsibility for the collection of a range of debts imposed by both the magistrates courts and the Crown court. Data are collected centrally at a MCC level, rather than at individual court level. The Wiltshire MCC accounting system is therefore unable to separately identify the percentage of fines paid in Salisbury magistrates court or imposed by the Crown court. For 2003-04 Wiltshire MCCs fines payment rate for the year to date at the end of January was 94 per cent.

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