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Courts: Fines

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 26 November 2024UIN 15371

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines were made by benefit payment deductions in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Heidi Alexander

There is no central data available on the proportion of court fine payments made through benefit deduction payments. Gathering this information would incur disproportionate cost.

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