Fine Enforcement
Total value of fines collected as a percentage of the value of fines imposed (excluding confiscation orders) across Local Criminal Justice Board areas; latest data financial year to June 2008.
National target for 2008-09 is for the percentage to be 85% or above(1)
| Fines collection rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Year to Date | |||
| CJS Areas | Target 08/09 | Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 | Apr 2008 - June 2008 |
| England & Wales | 85% |
95% |
89% |
| Avon & Somerset | 85% |
109% |
86% |
| Bedfordshire | 90% |
109% |
93% |
| Cambridgeshire | 87% |
93% |
137% |
| Cheshire | 89% |
87% |
116% |
| Cleveland | 90% |
117% |
110% |
| Cumbria | 85% |
94% |
88% |
| Derbyshire | 90% |
98% |
82% |
| Devon & Cornwall | 90% |
100% |
117% |
| Dorset | 90% |
97% |
70% |
| Co. Durham & Darlington | 89% |
90% |
85% |
| Dyfed Powys | 85% |
107% |
98% |
| Essex | 85% |
75% |
88% |
| Gloucestershire | 90% |
102% |
85% |
| Greater Manchester | 81% |
99% |
101% |
| Gwent | 85% |
94% |
138% |
| Hampshire & Isle of Wight | 90% |
102% |
134% |
| Hertfordshire | 85% |
76% |
67% |
| Humberside | 85% |
88% |
91% |
| Kent | 85% |
83% |
98% |
| Lancashire | 85% |
98% |
99% |
| Leicestershire | 90% |
110% |
108% |
| Lincolnshire | 90% |
104% |
107% |
| London | 76% |
85% |
69% |
| Merseyside | 81% |
91% |
78% |
| Norfolk | 85% |
95% |
63% |
| North Wales | 90% |
96% |
91% |
| North Yorkshire | 90% |
105% |
88% |
| Northamptonshire | 85% |
91% |
78% |
| Northumbria | 85% |
85% |
124% |
| Nottinghamshire | 90% |
94% |
97% |
| South Wales | 90% |
137% |
121% |
| South Yorkshire | 90% |
106% |
112% |
| Staffordshire | 85% |
79% |
113% |
| Suffolk | 90% |
89% |
75% |
| Surrey | 90% |
91% |
92% |
| Sussex | 85% |
85% |
76% |
| Thames Valley | 85% |
95% |
86% |
| Warwickshire | 89% |
145% |
104% |
| West Mercia | 90% |
92% |
106% |
| West Midlands | 81% |
100% |
76% |
| West Yorkshire | 83% |
131% |
89% |
| Wiltshire | 90% |
105% |
73% |
Since fines are not always imposed and paid within the same reporting period, it is possible to have a percentage above 100%.
Sometimes imposed orders are included where the required payment date has not yet transpired, which if unpaid, would make the payment rate appear lower.
Data are provisional and subject to change
(1) Local targets can be found in the CJS Business Plan at http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk/downloads/application/pdf/CJS%20Business%20Plan%202008/09.pdf (p37/38)