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Written Question · S4W-08790 · Session 4

How much money received through (a) court and (b) fixed penalty fines it has remitted to the Treasury in each year since 2007.

Answered Asked by Gordon MacDonald SNP Lodged 19 Jul 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how much money received through (a) court and (b) fixed penalty fines it has remitted to the Treasury in each year since 2007.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 Aug 2012 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The Scottish Government has no role in the collection of fines, or in their remission to HM Treasury. These are operational matters for the Scottish Court Service (SCS).
SCS has provided the following information in response to your question:

JP Non-Statutory Court Fines
£000
Sheriff Court Fines
£000
Total Court Fines
£000
Fiscal Penalties
£000
Police Fixed Penalties
£000
Total
£000
Value Collected by SCS

2007-08
0
16,086
16,086
659
0
16,745
2008-09
326
17,188
17,514
1,959
4,190
23,662
2009-10
733
13,998
14,731
3,167
9,348
27,246
2010-11
1,010
27,776
28,786
3,565
13,273
45,625
2011-12
1,013
10,179
11,192
4,107
13,476
28,775
Value Retained by SCS

2007-08
0
0
0
659
0
659
2008-09
326
0
326
1,599
840
2,764
2009-10
733
0
733
2,036
2,168
4,938
2010-11
1,010
0
1,010
2,297
3,056
6,362
2011-12
1,013
0
1,013
2,786
2,922
6,720
Value Remitted to Consolidated Fund

2007-08
0
16,086
16,086
0
0
16,086
2008-09
0
17,188
17,188
360
3,350
20,898
2009-10
0
13,998
13,998
1,130
7,180
22,308
2010-11
0
27,776
27,776
1,269
10,218
39,262
2011-12
0
10,179
10,179
1,321
10,554
22,054
Notes:
SCS commenced collecting fiscal fines in all courts from December 2007. Figures for 2007-08 are therefore not directly comparable with other years
Figures for JP court fines are not directly comparable between years prior to 2010-11 due to the progressive nature of court unification.
The total fines income remitted to HMT includes all sheriff court fines income and the non-retainable element of the JP court fines income
- the JP court element (statutory) is not separately identifiable.
Total remitted to HMT includes fines, confiscations and forfeitures.
There was a significant single confiscation of £17 million in 2010-11.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-08790 by reference.