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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 total amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years. The
amount of money collected reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14
and collections continue to rise. In 2013/14 the total outstanding balance of financial
impositions reduced by £26.7m (5%) in the year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows
the value of compensation orders imposed in North Wales over the last three years
and the value that had been recovered by the end of the year imposed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Compensation
imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected in same year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cancelled
in same year of imposition </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding at end of
year of imposition</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£508,150</p></td><td><p>£174,652</p></td><td><p>£29,241</p></td><td><p>£304,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£485,074</p></td><td><p>£184,810</p></td><td><p>£24,535</p></td><td><p>£275,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£562,557</p></td><td><p>£200,850</p></td><td><p>£9,230</p></td><td><p>£352,478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The value of the impositions that remain outstanding at the end of the year
includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified
(either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had
payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and
those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans.</p><p> </p><p>The
values cancelled could be legal or administrative cancellations. Administrative cancellations
only take place in certain circumstances and after all attempts to collect the amount
outstanding have been made. These circumstances include where the offender has died,
where they have emigrated with no prospect of return, where the offender has been
sent to a mental institution for 12 months or more or where the offender cannot be
traced and there has been at least 12 months from the point of imposition. It should
be noted that administrative cancellations can be re-instated if the prospects of
recovery improve (where, for example, a new address is found).</p><p> </p><p>Legal
cancellations occur after the case has been reconsidered by a judge or magistrate
and further evidence has been presented. Legal cancellations can be as a result of
a successful appeal, a change in financial circumstances of the offender or a committal
to prison for non payment. The majority of the cancellations applied within the same
year of imposition will be as a result of legal cancellation.</p>
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