<p> Information Released under Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 FA#246 2016-2017 – Alison Sandy</p><p>1. The number of State Debt Recovery Office debtors1</p><p>Period Case Count2 Fine Count As at 30 June 2017 515,437 2,524,845</p><p>2. The amount owed by State Debt Recovery Office debtors</p><p>Period Total Balance Outstanding As at 30 June 2017 $839,762,236</p><p>3. A breakdown of the types of actions taken to retrieve the money</p><p>Period Fine Source3 Fine Count As at 30 June 2017 Penalty Notices 1,732,052 Court Fine 682,393 Other4 110,400</p><p>4. Actions and/or proposals of actions taken to retrieve the money5</p><p>1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 RMS Sanctions Attempted 2,212,212 Garnishee Attempted 2,800,355 Referral to External Debt Collection Agency 316,287 Urgent Notice – pre Property Seizure Order 334,345 Property Seizure Order Attempted 280,129</p><p>5. What, if any, increase in the penalty has occurred and if so, what was it</p><p>If this refers to an increase in penalty notice amounts – the Office of State Revenue does not have responsibility nor control over, increases in penalty amounts. This question should be redirected to the appropriate issuing authority.</p><p>If this refers to an increase in the debt amount – information regarding additional penalties for the non-payment of fines is available at www.osr.nsw.gov.au </p><p>1 All figures relate to Overdue Fines only ie those that have become enforced. 2 Case count is the closest we can get to the number of debtors however we cannot categorically rule out that one debtor may have other cases as we may not have had enough data to merge them. 3 Data has been provided by fine ‘source’ rather than fine ‘type’ (i.e. driving, parking etc). The reason for this is that an Overdue Fine may contain fines from multiple sources, and customers make payments against the Overdue Fine not the specific fine. 4 Sources of “other” fines includes State Electoral Office fines, Sheriff Office Jury Branch fines and Bail Forfeiture Orders. 5 Data includes any actions taken on the case, not on specific Overdue Fines. Actions attempted may not relate to all matters during the period. 6. The amount written off 6as a bad debt and reasons why</p><p>Write off Reason 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Unfair or unjust $489,782 Uneconomical to pursue $5,336,161 Not recoverable at law $3,285,946 Data integrity $64,756 Deceased $2,626,903 Client unable to be located $1,492,797 Aged fines $50,501,473 Client incapable of making payment $3,928,625</p><p>7. The top 5 serial debtors – including how many times they have had fines registered by the State Debt Recovery office, the nature of the fines, how much they owe, and their postcodes.</p><p>As at 30 June 2017:</p><p>Outstanding Balance Penalty Court Other Postcode Client Type Fine Count Outstanding Notices Fine Fine Person 806 $204,292 773 27 6 2152 Person 688 $124,465 17 671 0 2017 Person 657 $114,962 646 10 1 2164 Person 542 $88,019 537 5 0 2011 Person 514 $139,105 370 144 0 2011</p><p>6 In this document, 'write off' means cancellation of a fine defaulter's liability for payment of the amount owing under an Overdue Fine'.</p>