The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has revealed the list of suppliers it used to pursue £602m of unpaid court fines in a debt collection pilot.
Marston Group, BT Global Services and Deloitte were employed by the MoJ in a pilot scheme to go after unpaid court fines owed to courts in England.
The MoJ has yet to divulge further information on how the suppliers were used in the pilot, and has not yet officially confirmed if it will issue a further tender for collection services until it can assess the success of the pilot.
Marston Group provides debt collection and bailiff services. BT Global Services provides IT network security management and monitoring services and contact centre management.
Deloitte is one of the “big four” accountancy firms providing audit, accounting and business advisory services.
The sum to be pursued incorporated fines imposed in the magistrates and crown courts, compensation, costs, victims surcharge and the outstanding value of unpaid fixed penalties transferred to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) for enforcement.
Around £420m of the outstanding amount (comprising roughly 1.2m accounts) was considered “aged” debt by HMCTS, and each supplier was given 7,000 randomly selected aged accounts to work over a 3 month period.
The pilot scheme concluded in January and the results are being assessed to allow the department to better understand the collectability of its aged debt, and the best combination of techniques and innovation to collect it.
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