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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-21more like thismore than 2018-02-21
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Fines more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether statutory instruments have been used to introduce increased fines for criminal offences at any point in the last 30 years. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Soley remove filter
uin HL5756 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2018-03-07more like thismore than 2018-03-07
answer text <p>The standard scale of fines set down in the Criminal Justice Act 1982 for criminal offences in England and Wales was increased by primary legislation in the Criminal Justice Act 1991, and the Level 5 maximum was increased to an unlimited fine in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The standard scale has not been amended by Order in the period specified. Regulations may be made under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 provide alternative maximum penalties for some offences.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-07T17:28:25.7Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-07T17:28:25.7Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
160
label Biography information for Lord Soley more like this