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<p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very
seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid
and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase
in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years, reaching
a record high in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider
for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the
investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial
penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The total
value of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) collected in the financial year 2013-14
is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Amount
imposed</p></td><td><p>Amount collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£420,255,840</p></td><td><p>£290,311,831</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The total amount collected in the financial year 2013-14 was a record high
and was £5.8 million higher than the previous financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The amounts
above include all elements of financial impositions (excluding confiscation orders):
fines, costs, compensation and victim surcharge. The amounts collected in a particular
year can relate to impositions from that year or any previous year. The amounts include
those that were being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of
the year.</p>
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