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>
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The table below shows the value of financial impositions outstanding as at the end of March 2014; the first column of figures represents the balance outstanding of the impositions made during the 2013/14 financial year and the second shows the total value outstanding regardless of imposition date. The \u2018in year outstanding value\u2019 is included within the total outstanding value figure.<\/p>
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The \u2018value outstanding\u2019 figures include 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. These figures include fines, compensation orders, victim surcharge orders and prosecution costs orders.<\/p>
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Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Value outstanding of the impositions made in 2013/14 as at end of March 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total value outstanding regardless of imposition date as at the end of March 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> Avon and Somerset<\/p><\/td> £5,619,129<\/p><\/td> £12,553,883<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> £1,993,428<\/p><\/td> £4,089,206<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> £2,703,891<\/p><\/td> £7,038,014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> £3,399,702<\/p><\/td> £9,244,929<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cleveland<\/p><\/td> £2,402,047<\/p><\/td> £5,032,666<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> £2,640,263<\/p><\/td> £4,375,845<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> £2,510,078<\/p><\/td> £4,900,253<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon and Cornwall<\/p><\/td> £3,156,574<\/p><\/td> £6,884,992<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> £2,310,086<\/p><\/td> £6,195,513<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> £1,694,578<\/p><\/td> £3,437,278<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed Powys<\/p><\/td> £1,655,354<\/p><\/td> £3,339,862<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> £5,109,102<\/p><\/td> £11,727,731<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> £1,090,372<\/p><\/td> £3,000,161<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> £13,289,385<\/p><\/td> £36,689,144<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> £2,469,746<\/p><\/td> £4,921,206<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire & IOW<\/p><\/td> £5,702,306<\/p><\/td> £16,166,430<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> £4,957,126<\/p><\/td> £11,020,506<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humberside<\/p><\/td> £3,952,318<\/p><\/td> £10,095,165<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> £7,019,646<\/p><\/td> £18,527,317<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> £6,510,390<\/p><\/td> £12,622,950<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> £2,635,809<\/p><\/td> £4,459,648<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> £2,845,002<\/p><\/td> £5,008,456<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London Central & South<\/p><\/td> £21,953,798<\/p><\/td> £51,113,995<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London North East<\/p><\/td> £11,947,473<\/p><\/td> £30,347,785<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London North West<\/p><\/td> £12,824,734<\/p><\/td> £32,678,929<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London South West<\/p><\/td> £687,694<\/p><\/td> £13,433,436<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> £7,663,814<\/p><\/td> £29,436,895<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> £2,617,344<\/p><\/td> £6,313,368<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> £2,651,292<\/p><\/td> £5,871,714<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> £1,845,893<\/p><\/td> £3,706,423<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> £2,402,450<\/p><\/td> £5,079,815<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria<\/p><\/td> £6,458,612<\/p><\/td> £14,394,158<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> £4,528,741<\/p><\/td> £7,142,505<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Wales<\/p><\/td> £7,917,616<\/p><\/td> £12,277,550<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> £6,124,833<\/p><\/td> £12,989,876<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> £4,494,258<\/p><\/td> £10,973,530<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> £2,637,989<\/p><\/td> £6,411,105<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> £3,171,345<\/p><\/td> £7,425,288<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sussex<\/p><\/td> £3,823,916<\/p><\/td> £12,189,588<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> £6,700,496<\/p><\/td> £18,575,082<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> £3,141,110<\/p><\/td> £4,877,725<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Mercia<\/p><\/td> £4,537,306<\/p><\/td> £9,479,843<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> £11,689,675<\/p><\/td> £30,516,365<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> £9,630,393<\/p><\/td> £17,079,786<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> £1,826,437<\/p><\/td> £5,165,096<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Justice on 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 73, on how many occasions in the last two years each government department has been threatened with judicial review; and in each such case, whether judicial review proceedings were subsequently (a) launched and (b) successful.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Justice on 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 72, what the evidential basis was for his statement that minor technicalities in process have been used as an excuse to bring judicial review.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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