Chris Seeks Statistics Re Arrest Warrants For Unpaid Fines

WA Arrest 28Nov22

Chris Seeks Statistics Re Arrest Warrants For Unpaid Fines

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many arrest warrants for non-payment of fines have been issued by the courts in England in the last year for which information is available.

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Mike Freer Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The department does not hold verifiable centralised records on the number of arrest warrants issued for non-payment of fines, and it would incur disproportionate costs to answer this question using local records.

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