❓ Mr. Papalia questions the Attorney General regarding the dollar value of fines managed by the Fines Enforcement Registry, including total outstanding debt, debt under active enforcement, and debt leading to incarceration, for the financial years 2008-2014. The Attorney General provides the requested data in tables.
AnsweredQoN 2749Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Fines Enforcement Registry and for each of the financial years 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013 and 2013–2014, and ask: (a) what was the total dollar value of fines on the Registry; (b) what was the total dollar value of ‘fines under active enforcement’; and (c) what was the total dollar value of fines for which offenders were incarcerated under a Warrant of Commitment in lieu of payment of those fines?
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Answered
9 September 2014
Responded by
Minister representing the Attorney General
Response time
27 days
(a) The total outstanding debt registered with the Fines Enforcement Registry at the end of each financial year from 2008/09 to 2013/14 is provided in the table below:
Financial Year
Outstanding Debt
2008/09
$230.7m
2009/10
$245.5m
2010/11
$249.7m
2011/12
$257.6m
2012/13
$259.4m
2013/14
$285.0m
(b) All debt registered with the Fines Enforcement Registry is actively enforced. Please refer to answer 'a)' for the debt that is under active enforcement at the end of each financial year from 2008/09 to 2013/14.
(c) The total dollar value of the fines for which debtors were incarcerated in lieu of payment of those fines from 2008/09 to 2013/14 is provided in the table below:
Financial Year
Amount
2008/09
$3.5m
2009/10
$13.5m
2010/11
$7.2m
2011/12
$12.2m
2012/13
$14.4m
2013/14
$13.8m
Financial Year
Outstanding Debt
2008/09
$230.7m
2009/10
$245.5m
2010/11
$249.7m
2011/12
$257.6m
2012/13
$259.4m
2013/14
$285.0m
(b) All debt registered with the Fines Enforcement Registry is actively enforced. Please refer to answer 'a)' for the debt that is under active enforcement at the end of each financial year from 2008/09 to 2013/14.
(c) The total dollar value of the fines for which debtors were incarcerated in lieu of payment of those fines from 2008/09 to 2013/14 is provided in the table below:
Financial Year
Amount
2008/09
$3.5m
2009/10
$13.5m
2010/11
$7.2m
2011/12
$12.2m
2012/13
$14.4m
2013/14
$13.8m
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