- Purpose
- To provide SCTS Fines Enforcement Officers with information that may allow them to:
Proactively engage with fine payers to offer them information and advice allowing them to maintain responsibility for complying with any agreed payment plans
Apply sanctions to deal with wilful default allowing criminal penalties to be collected on a more timely and efficient basis
- Information sharing benefits
- The benefits include: consistent approach to fines, reduced debt owed to Government, improved support to fine payers, increased efficiency, reduced number of fines enquiry hearings.
- Disclosed information
- Data items disclosed will be the minimum data items to allow this data share's aims to be achieved.
- Information sharing method
- Within Secure Platform
- Contact
- dpo@scotcourts.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2026-03-30
- End date
- 2036-03-30
- Review date
- 2027-03-30
- Retention period
- P6Y
- Isa status
- Active
- Id
- 536
- Notes
- Previous pilot (ID reference 438) now continued as Business as Usual.
- Updated
- 11 June 2026