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186075

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01/04/2014 12:00:00

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Integrated Offender Management model piloted in the London Borough of Islington on reoffending rates in that area.

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2013/14

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tabling member constituency

Rotherham

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Sarah Champion

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House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 186075

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186075

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I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office. Integrated Offender Management is an important approach to cutting crime and reoffending in local areas. One of the key strengths of the approach is that the local model should be responsive to local needs and priorities as identified by the agencies and the partners in the area. For this reason, we have not imposed any particular model of Integrated Offender Management on areas, nor do we performance manage from Whitehall the crime and reoffending outcomes that local partners in areas such as the London Borough of Islington may be achieving through their local approach.

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01/04/2014 12:00:00

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03/02/2014

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30/01/2014

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30/01/2014

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30/01/2014 21:00:37

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07/02/2015 01:34:52

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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185957

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25259

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03/04/2014 12:00:00

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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local planning authorities in (a) improving the viability of brownfield sites and (b) restarting stalled developments.

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2013/14

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tabling member constituency

York Outer

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Julian Sturdy

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House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185957

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WrittenParliamentaryQuestion

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185957

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Ordinary

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is ministerial correction

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Kick-starting stalled developmentsThis Government has introduced a series of measures to support stalled house building. These include:· The Get Britain Building investment fund, providing over £500 million of finance which has so far helped start 11,893 new homes on stalled sites (as of February 2014).· The Growing Places Fund is providing £770 million to deliver the infrastructure needed to unlock stalled schemes that will promote economic growth, create jobs and build homes. The fund has been fully allocated to Local Enterprise Partnerships and the devolved administrations to fund local projects.· The £474 million Local Infrastructure Fund investment fund is supporting the delivery of upfront infrastructure for locally-supported, large scale housing sites and commercial development; it also provides capacity funding and brokerage support to local authorities to help them progress major schemes through the planning process. Nearly 80,000 homes have been unlocked on fifteen different sites. A further thirteen schemes are currently being assessed for investment, which we believe have the potential to deliver nearly 40,000 homes.· The Autumn Statement committed an additional £1 billion of Local Infrastructure Fund funding to unlock locally-led housing schemes capable of delivering up to a further 250,000 new homes, and a second round prospectus will be published in due course.· The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 enables developers with any Section 106 agreement to apply for a review of the affordable housing component to ensure development is not being made unviable by unrealistic requirements. Such unviable Section 106 agreements result in no development, no regeneration and no community benefits: a sensible review can result in more housing and more affordable housing.· As the housing market has improved, we have ended the temporary measure (introduced by the last Administration) which allowed developers to roll forward their planning permissions; this ending of the measure will increase the incentive for developers to start on site before permission expires.· We are also seeking to tackle the inappropriate use of planning conditions and speed up the process of gaining non-planning consents.· The Budget announced a £525 million Builders' Finance Fund to assist small and medium sized developers to access finance to support the delivery of housing schemes of between 15 and 250 units, helping kick-start stalled sites and deliver around 15,000 units over four years.Supporting development on brownfield landFreeing up brownfield land for regeneration and development is a key priority for my department. Our actions include:· We have amended planning regulations to make it easier to change the use of an existing building from commercial to residential use, retail to residential use and agricultural to residential use. Permitted development rights have been expanded, including for flats above shops and allowing for new temporary uses. The Budget announced our intention to further extend these flexibilities.· The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning should encourage the effective use of land by re-using brownfield land provided that it is not of high environmental value, and that local councils can set locally appropriate targets for using brownfield land. We have also amended planning practice guidance to stress the importance of bringing brownfield land into use.· We have abolished the last Government's Pathfinder programme which sought to demolish homes and instead we have focused on refurbishment and getting empty homes into use. We are investing £160 million specifically to bring empty homes back into use. The New Homes Bonus rewards long-term empty homes being brought back into use and we have given councils the flexibility to remove tax subsidies given to empty homes, and use the money to keep the overall rate of council tax down. The number of empty homes in England has fallen to its lowest rate ever according to the Empty Homes Agency.· My Department has been supporting the Olympic legacy, driving renewal and regeneration in east London, replacing over 740 acres of polluted, low-grade industrial land and premises with new sports and community facilities, parks, homes, shops and transport infrastructure.· We are working with the Mayor of London to unlock the construction of 11,000 new homes at Barking Riverside, and extend transport infrastructure.· A new garden city will be delivered on brownfield land in Ebbsfleet, supported by an Urban Development Corporation and up to £200 million of public investment. The last Administration pledged in its 2003 Sustainable Communities Plan to regenerate Ebbsfleet but failed to deliver.· The new Right to Contest builds on our existing Community Right to Reclaim Land, which lets communities ask that under-used or unused land owned by public bodies is brought back into beneficial use. This new Right applies to sites currently in use, but are not vital for operations. It gives businesses and members of the public an opportunity to challenge government on the best use of its estate.· We have a comprehensive programme to sell surplus public sector land and property, freeing up taxpayers' money and providing land for new homes. As at the end of December we had released surplus government owned land with capacity for 68,000 homes to be built. We have strengthened the role of the Homes and Communities Agency through a targeted programme of transfers from other Government Departments and agencies. In addition, to ensure land is released efficiently, the Homes and Communities Agency will be Government's land disposal agency. This builds on the Homes and Communities Agency's expertise and experience of complex land remediation and disposals as well as their close relationships with local planning authorities.· Through the Strategic Land and Property Review we have identified scope to generate £5 billion of receipts from government land and property between 2015 and 2020. This will put land and property into the hands of those who can exploit them for commercial purposes – creating opportunities for housing and economic development.· Changes to Community Infrastructure Levy rules now provide an increased incentive for brownfield development, and extended exemptions for empty buildings being brought back into. We have recently published a consultation paper to lift Section 106 burdens on vacant buildings being returned to use.· The Budget announced an Estate Regeneration fund which will provide £150 million to help kick start and accelerate the regeneration of housing estates.I hope this outlines the decisive action that this Government is taking.

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03/04/2014 12:00:00

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4079

	label	Biography information for Julian Sturdy

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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4079

	label	Biography information for Julian Sturdy

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registered interest

answer date

03/02/2014

date

29/01/2014

date tabled

29/01/2014

ddp created

29/01/2014 23:50:52

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:33:37

answering body

Ministry of Justice

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

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185824

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service spent on interpreters in 2011, 2012 and 2013; how much was spent on interpreting each language in those years; and how much was paid by defendants towards these costs.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Preston

tabling member printed

Mark Hendrick

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185824

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WrittenParliamentaryQuestion

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185824

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Ordinary

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The Department does not hold centrally all of the information that the Honourable Member has requested. Although we can not provide all the data on spend for the periods requested we can provide the annual spend for interpreters sourced through the Capita-TI Contract for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service as below: <table><tbody><tr><td>Calendar Year</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>£7,940,128.79</td><td>£15,537,821.29</td></tr></tbody></table> Off Contract bookings made by HMCTS are outside of these spend figures. The number of bookings made off contract has substantially decreased since the start of 2012 with those bookings moving onto the Capita TI contract. This move from off contract to Capita TI is reflected in the changing year on year contract spend. Spend for 2012 is based on an 11 month period as the contract did not go live until 30th January 2012. Expenditure has also increased in the second year of contract due to changes made to the contract in May 2013 and an estimated 20% increase on volume. £15m was saved in year one of the contract. In this instance to provide the requested information on total annual spend and spend by language, would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £850.00 or 4 ½ working days. In order to provide the information we would be required toobtain a number of large reports from electronic databases. The relevant data must then be manually extracted and collated. It would also require comparison against additional financial data before analysis. We estimate that this process for the spend data would take approximately 6 working days given the volume of data involved. Defendants in criminal cases do not contribute towards the costs of interpreters that are provided by HMCTS. Charges for HMCTS provided interpreters in civil, family and tribunal cases are not passed directly to parties, although the costs may be recovered from court and tribunal fees in the jurisdictions where they apply.

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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473

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35852

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/02/2014

date

29/01/2014

date tabled

29/01/2014

ddp created

29/01/2014 23:50:52

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:33:44

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

185721

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding confiscation orders were written off in each year since 2010.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185721

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WrittenParliamentaryQuestion

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185721

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NamedDay

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The volume of confiscation orders reduced or written off from 2010 to 2013 is recorded in Table A below, while the value of amounts reduced or written off is recorded in Table B.Table A<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Volume of Confiscation Orders Written Off</td></tr><tr><td>Category</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>DTOA Default Served</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Inadequacy</td><td>202</td><td>202</td><td>163</td><td>185</td><td>752</td></tr><tr><td>POCA s24 Discharge</td><td>43</td><td>61</td><td>42</td><td>29</td><td>175</td></tr><tr><td>POCA s25 Discharge</td><td>124</td><td>72</td><td>37</td><td>42</td><td>275</td></tr><tr><td>Reconsideration of Available Assets</td><td>401</td><td>474</td><td>567</td><td>521</td><td>1,963</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Total</td><td>774</td><td>811</td><td>813</td><td>779</td><td>3,177</td></tr></tbody></table> Table B<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Value of Confiscation Orders Written Off</td></tr><tr><td>Category</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>DTOA Default Served</td><td>£47,101</td><td>£882,064</td><td>£1,162,397</td><td>£22,082</td><td>£2,113,644</td></tr><tr><td>Inadequacy</td><td>£5,707,742</td><td>£8,924,637</td><td>£3,673,845</td><td>£11,815,275</td><td>£30,121,499</td></tr><tr><td>POCA s24 Discharge</td><td>£70,030</td><td>£780,328</td><td>£335,969</td><td>£483,443</td><td>£1,669,770</td></tr><tr><td>POCA s25 Discharge</td><td>£1,479</td><td>£980</td><td>£797</td><td>£1,179</td><td>£4,435</td></tr><tr><td>Reconsideration of Available Assets</td><td>£8,019,707</td><td>£21,235,494</td><td>£16,739,659</td><td>£20,158,107</td><td>£66,152,967</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Total</td><td>£13,846,059</td><td>£31,823,503</td><td>£21,912,667</td><td>£32,480,086</td><td>£100,062,315</td></tr></tbody></table> Below are explanations of the limited ways an outstanding confiscation order can be reduced or written off.Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (DTOA) Default Served – Serving the default sentence of up to 10 years for non payment of a confiscation order under this pre-Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) legislation cancels the amount outstanding in fullInadequacy – Under pre-POCA legislation the defendant can make an application to the High Court, for a fee of £350, to apply for a Certificate of Inadequacy (COI) to reduce the order amount where assets have not achieved the value assessed at the confiscation hearing.POCA s24 Discharge – The Enforcement Authority can apply to the Crown Court to reduce amounts up to £1,000 where they are satisfied the value of the asset has not met the value assessed at the confiscation hearing. The most likely cause for this is fluctuations in foreign currency.POCA s25 Discharge – The Enforcement Authority can apply to the Crown Court to discharge amounts up to £50, where there is little prospect of recovering the small amount outstanding or it is no longer cost effective to do so.Reconsideration of Available Assets - Under POCA legislation the defendant can make an application to the Crown Court, to apply for a Variation Order to reduce the order amount where assets have not achieved the value assessed at the confiscation hearing. Unlike a pre-POCA COI application, no fee is payable. Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. Although, as the Enforcement Authority, HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order. All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372 million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets. The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during 2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8 Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%. HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

35511

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/02/2014

date

28/01/2014

date tabled

28/01/2014

ddp created

28/01/2014 22:00:57

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:30:46

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

185484

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount is of fines (a) issued by the courts and (b) uncollected was in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185484

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WrittenParliamentaryQuestion

uin

185484

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written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

is ministerial correction

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The value of fines imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding for the periods from April 2011 onwards are set out below.<table><tbody><tr><td>Period</td><td>Value of fines imposed</td><td>Value of fine collected in the same period they were imposed</td><td>Value of fines cancelled in the same period they were imposed</td><td>Value of fines imposed outstanding at the end of the period</td></tr><tr><td>April 2011 to December 2011</td><td>£170,962,169</td><td>£54,843,753</td><td>£12,470,347</td><td>£103,648,069</td></tr><tr><td>January 2012 to December 2012</td><td>£273,944,704</td><td>£70,032,092</td><td>£17,470,412</td><td>£186,442,200</td></tr><tr><td>January 2013 to September 2013 (latest published period)</td><td>£210,561,372</td><td>£44,541,677</td><td>£11,548,807</td><td>£154,470,888</td></tr></tbody></table> The values above only refer to fines and not any other elements of financial impositions such as prosecutor costs, compensation and victim surcharge. Where financial impositions are paid by instalments the fine element is the last part to be paid off after compensation, victim surcharge and prosecutor costs. The values cancelled can relate to legal or administrative cancellations. The value outstanding will include amounts remaining on accounts that are being paid by instalments or were not due for payment by the end of the period specified. It is not possible to provide data in this format for any period prior to April 2011 as new performance management information was introduced at that time. It is not possible to identify how much of the amounts imposed in 2011 or 2012 remained outstanding by the end of September 2013 (latest published data period) as data is only available for 18 months after the date imposed – after that it is not possible to extract the amount outstanding for a specific period from the total balance outstanding. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) takes the issue of financial penalty enforcement very seriously and is working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. HMCTS actively pursues all outstanding impositions until certain they cannot be collected. Collection reached an all time high at the end of 2012/13 and collection has continued to rise in this financial year. At the end of September 2013 total collection (all imposition types excluding confiscation orders) was higher than the same point in the previous year and the outstanding balance had reduced since the start of the financial year. On average over the last 12 month 69% of accounts have been either closed or are compliant with payment terms by 12 months after imposition. HMCTS are actively seeking an external provider for the future delivery of compliance and enforcement services. This will bring the necessary investment and innovation to significantly improve the collection of criminal financial penalties and reduce the cost of the service to the taxpayer.

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

35512

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/02/2014

date

28/01/2014

date tabled

28/01/2014

ddp created

28/01/2014 22:00:57

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:30:47

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

185483

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount is of fines issued by the courts between 2010 and 2013 which remain uncollected.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185483

type

WrittenParliamentaryQuestion

uin

185483

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

is ministerial correction

answer text

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

35854

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/02/2014

date

29/01/2014

date tabled

29/01/2014

ddp created

29/01/2014 23:50:53

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:33:46

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

185723

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

02/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185723

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WrittenParliamentaryQuestion

uin

185723

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

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Our accounts are based on financial years as opposed to calendar years; therefore the value and volume of outstanding confiscation orders as at 31 March, from 2010 through to 2013, are set out in the table below. However, as at 31 December 2013, there were 20,634 outstanding confiscation orders totalling £1,466,924,522 including interest. Excluding interest the figure is £1,094,584,445. <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2">Volume of Orders Outstanding</td><td colspan="2">Value of Orders Outstanding </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Excluding Interest</td><td>Including Interest</td><td>Excluding Interest</td><td>Including Interest</td></tr><tr><td>31 March 2010</td><td>6,359</td><td>12,771</td><td>£711,409,802</td><td>£870,804,796</td></tr><tr><td>31 March 2011</td><td>7,488</td><td>15,227</td><td>£1,046,473,308</td><td>£1,254,278,825</td></tr><tr><td>31 March 2012</td><td>8,397</td><td>17,440</td><td>£915,151,064</td><td>£1,195,167,499</td></tr><tr><td>31 March 2013</td><td>9,295</td><td>19,727</td><td>£1,055,230,330</td><td>£1,406,638,265</td></tr></tbody></table> During 2011/12, two successful appeals with a combined total of £184.7 million were reduced to a total of £32.3 million. This reduced the outstanding debt by £152.4 million. Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. Although, as the Enforcement Authority, HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order. All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372 million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets. The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during 2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8 Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%. HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what value of confiscation orders were (a) issued and (b) uncollected in each year since 2010.

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The value of confiscation orders imposed and the amounts outstanding for those orders, both with and without interest, as at 30 January 2014, for the calendar years from 2010 onwards, are set out in the Table A below. The volume of orders imposed and those that remain outstanding is in Table BTable A<table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Value of Confiscation Orders Imposed</td><td>Order Balance Remaining to Collect Excluding InterestAs at 30/01/2014</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>£276,143,735</td><td>£167,176,784</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>£187,128,205</td><td>£73,910,472</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>£271,998,720</td><td>£162,286,156</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>£245,728,131</td><td>£176,875,895</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>£980,998,791</td><td>£580,249,307</td></tr></tbody></table> Table B<table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Volume of Confiscation Orders Imposed</td><td>Volume of Orders with an Order Balance Remaining to Collect Excluding InterestAs at 30/01/2014</td><td>Total Volume of Orders to Collect Including InterestAs at 30/01/2014</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>6,214</td><td>915</td><td>2,289</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>6,286</td><td>1,065</td><td>2,342</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>6,458</td><td>1,386</td><td>2,399</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>6,139</td><td>2,500</td><td>3,141</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>25,097</td><td>5,866</td><td>10,171</td></tr></tbody></table> Confiscation orders are one of the key mechanisms available to the Government to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes. The value of the order imposed, which is often very high, is based on the criminal benefit attributed to the crime and may, therefore, exceed the value of realisable assets that are known to the Court at the time of imposition. Crucially, an outstanding order stops the criminal benefitting from the proceeds of crime and ensures that, if the assets are discovered in the future, they can be seized. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and other enforcement agencies take the issue of recovering criminal assets very seriously and are working to ensure that clamping down on defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. Although, as the Enforcement Authority, HMCTS owns the debt, it is not always the lead enforcement agency. HMCTS tends to lead on the high volume, low value orders. Prosecution agencies, including the CPS and the Serious Fraud Office, lead on enforcement where they have put Restraint Orders on the defendant's property to protect the asset, or where the professional expertise of an Enforcement Receiver will be required to enforce the confiscation order. All outstanding amounts are actively pursued using a range of enforcement tools open to us. A confiscation order is a life time order and only amounts up to £50 can be written off. Default sentences of up to 10 years in prison are activated for non payment. Serving the default sentence does not cancel the debt and we will continue to pursue the amount owed. Interest is added to the order balance outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum. The fact that interest accrues at such a high rate and amounts over £50 cannot be written off, contribute to the increasing level of debt. At the end of December 2013, the total amount outstanding was £1.47 billion, of which £372 million was interest alone. At the end of December 2013, including interest £24 million is owed by defendants who are deceased and a further £86 million is owed by defendants who have been deported. Even for those that are deported we still try to actively pursue the defendants assets held abroad, but we rely on the cooperation of overseas enforcement agencies, which is often not forthcoming. The Agencies responsible for enforcement are building better relationships with overseas authorities and engage specialist forensic teams to track down hidden assets. The amount defendants repaid from their criminal activity across all agencies reached an all time high during 2012/13, with a total of £133.1 million recovered. That represented a 7% increase on the £124.1 million recovered during 2011/12. The total amount recovered has increased for the last four consecutive years and once again we are on course to have another record breaking year this financial year. For the 2013/14 financial year, at the end of December 2013, £102.8 million had been recovered, which is an increase of 2% on the £100.5 million that was collected up to December 2012. Since 2008/09, when £98.8 Million was recovered, the amount collected from criminals has increased by 35%. HMCTS is seeking a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and importantly, ensure more criminals pay. A new national system has been implemented to manage the collection of fixed penalty notices, with all of the Police Forces having transferred to the new platform by June 2013.The continuing improvement the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will ensure that more criminals pay and that taxpayers get better value for money.

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