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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The value of confiscation orders reduced or written off
from 2010 to 31<sup>st</sup> May 2014 is recorded in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="7"><p>Value of Confiscation Orders Written Off</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p><p>(to
31/5/204)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTOA Default Served</p></td><td><p>£47,101</p></td><td><p>£882,064</p></td><td><p>£1,162,397</p></td><td><p>£22,082</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,113,644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inadequacy</p></td><td><p>£5,707,742</p></td><td><p>£8,924,637</p></td><td><p>£3,673,845</p></td><td><p>£11,815,275</p></td><td><p>£8,686,466</p></td><td><p>£38,807,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POCA
s24 Discharge</p></td><td><p>£70,030</p></td><td><p>£780,328</p></td><td><p>£335,969</p></td><td><p>£483,443</p></td><td><p>£167,282</p></td><td><p>£1,837,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POCA
s25 Discharge</p></td><td><p>£1,479</p></td><td><p>£980</p></td><td><p>£797</p></td><td><p>£1,179</p></td><td><p>£105</p></td><td><p>£4,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reconsideration
of Available Assets</p></td><td><p>£8,019,707</p></td><td><p>£21,235,494</p></td><td><p>£16,739,659</p></td><td><p>£20,158,107</p></td><td><p>£5,654,534</p></td><td><p>£71,807,501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand
Total</p></td><td><p>£13,846,059</p></td><td><p>£31,823,503</p></td><td><p>£21,912,667</p></td><td><p>£32,480,086</p></td><td><p>£14,508,387</p></td><td><p>£114,570,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Crime has fallen since 2010 and tough sentences are used to punish
criminals. Confiscation orders provide a key addition to punishment, and are one of
the key mechanisms available to Government to ensure that criminals are deprived of
the proceeds of their crimes. Confiscation orders help to disrupt and deter criminality,
and reassure the public that crime does not pay.</p><p> </p><p>All debts owed through
confiscation orders are rigorously pursued by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
and other enforcement agencies. This has led to the amount defendants repaid from
their criminal activity reaching an all time high of £137.2 million in 2013/14, an
increase of 39% since 2008/9.</p><p> </p><p>Orders can be reduced or written off in
certain limited circumstances – for example when in individual circumstances the remaining
debt is so small it is not cost effective to collect it or when it is proven that
the offender does not have the assets amounting to the order value, we are required
to do so by law or, if the Order was made under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994, when
the offender has served their full default sentence.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is seeking
a commercial partner to help increase collections, reduce enforcement costs and, and
crucially, ensure more criminals pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Serious Crime Bill, currently
being debated in Parliament, includes provisions to further improve the current confiscation
system including the enforcement of confiscation orders.</p><p>The continuing improvement
the Agencies are making combined with our future plans will make sure that more criminals
pay, further disrupt criminality, reassure the public that crime does not pay, and
help ensure that taxpayers get better value for money,</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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