Alton Towers

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Alton Towers looks like it's about to get a huge fine, I'm assuming this is HSE prosecuting them. What happens to the fine, does it go into the government coffers?
A thousand thanks!

[Buenchico]

The answer isn't really a simple one.

Page 37 of this document shows the income and expenditure of HM Courts & Tribunals Service for the most recent financial year:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536077/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-trust-statement-2015-16.pdf

You'll see that fines (approx £264m) only made up just over a quarter of the total income of around a billion pounds.

The 'disbursements' statement shows that quite a lot of the total revenue found its way to the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office (with an alarming £285m, which is more than the total income from fines, simply being written off as 'credit losses').

Once all of the expenditure and disbursements had been met, there was about £58m left over, which was paid to the 'Consolidated Fund':
http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/consolidated-fund/

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Blimey its complicated, so what do they pay with Consolidated Fund Bills, or what are they?.

[Buenchico]

^^^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82000.stm