Fine Enforcement
Total value of fines collected as a percentage of the value of fines
imposed (excluding confiscation orders) across Local Criminal Justice
Board areas; latest data to Dec 2007.
National target for 2007-08 is for the percentage to be 85% or above. (1)
| Fines collection rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Year to Date | ||||
| CJS Areas | Apr-Jun 2007 | Apr-Sept 2007 | Apr-Dec 2007 | |
| England & Wales | 93% |
92% |
93% |
|
| Avon & Somerset | 138% |
118% |
(tbc) |
|
| Bedfordshire | 180% |
113% |
108% |
|
| Cambridgeshire | 112% |
97% |
92% |
|
| Cheshire | 93% |
86% |
84% |
|
| Cleveland | 100% |
125% |
120% |
|
| Cumbria | 74% |
88% |
92% |
|
| Derbyshire | 97% |
97% |
97% |
|
| Devon & Cornwall | 100% |
96% |
98% |
|
| Dorset | 79% |
94% |
102% |
|
| Co. Durham & Darlington | 82% |
84% |
84% |
|
| Dyfed Powys | 117% |
108% |
108% |
|
| Essex | 80% |
83% |
77% |
|
| Gloucestershire | 102% |
104% |
102% |
|
| Greater Manchester | 89% |
94% |
100% |
|
| Gwent | 73% |
80% |
85% |
|
| Hampshire & Isle of Wight | 107% |
98% |
99% |
|
| Hertfordshire | 74% |
97% |
92% |
|
| Humberside | 107% |
94% |
88% |
|
| Kent | 64% |
77% |
(tbc) |
|
| Lancashire | 91% |
86% |
96% |
|
| Leicestershire | 108% |
99% |
104% |
|
| Lincolnshire | 107% |
107% |
103% |
|
| London | 80% |
76% |
78% |
|
| Merseyside | 105% |
83% |
82% |
|
| Norfolk | 106% |
102% |
95% |
|
| North Wales | 110% |
99% |
96% |
|
| North Yorkshire | 103% |
100% |
106% |
|
| Northamptonshire | 84% |
87% |
85% |
|
| Northumbria | 74% |
86% |
81% |
|
| Nottinghamshire | 89% |
100% |
86% |
|
| South Wales | 147% |
141% |
(tbc) |
|
| South Yorkshire | 101% |
97% |
(tbc) |
|
| Staffordshire | 90% |
64% |
72% |
|
| Suffolk | 96% |
98% |
92% |
|
| Surrey | 90% |
93% |
90% |
|
| Sussex | 87% |
83% |
82% |
|
| Thames Valley | 87% |
91% |
92% |
|
| Warwickshire | 180% |
196% |
161% |
|
| West Mercia | 91% |
83% |
86% |
|
| West Midlands | 118% |
104% |
99% |
|
| West Yorkshire | 132% |
172% |
156% |
|
| Wiltshire | 122% |
119% |
(tbc) |
|
Since fines are not always imposed and paid within the same quarter, it is possible to have a percentage above 100%.
Sometimes imposed orders are included where the required payment date has not yet transpired, which if unpaid, would make the payment rate appear lower.
Data are provisional and subject to change
(1) Local targets can be found in the CJS Business Plan at http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/downloads/application/pdf/CJS%20Business%20Plan%202008/09.pdf (p37/38)