Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 15371

Courts: Fines

Tabled: 20 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines were made by benefit payment deductions in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Heidi Alexander
There is no central data available on the proportion of court fine payments made through benefit deduction payments. Gathering this information would incur disproportionate cost.