Information on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) in the area of enforcement of the payments of fines in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.<\/p>
Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total number of staff (FTE)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31/12/2010<\/p><\/td> 1541.84<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31/12/2011<\/p><\/td> 1819.87<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31/12/2012<\/p><\/td> 1513.24<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31/12/2013<\/p><\/td> 1382.18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31/12/2014<\/p><\/td> 1346.23<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Enforcement as a separate HMCTS function was not created until June 2011. For data purposes prior to that date, the business code name and hierarchy information has been used to identify staff who work in enforcement.<\/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.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the successful bidder for the Compliance and Enforcement Service contract will have access to personal data held on defaulters by HM Revenue and Customs and |the Department for Work and Pensions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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