The Victim Surcharge has been increased for offences committed on or after 16 June 2022.
Details
The information below relates to the applicable Victim Surcharge for a defendant who was under 18 at the time of the offence(s).
For more information see the Sentencing Counsel website here.
All offences committed on or after 16 June 2022
- Conditional Discharge: £20
- A fine, a Youth Rehabilitation Order or a Referral Order: £26
- A custodial sentence (All lengths)*: £41
One or more offence(s) committed before 16 June 2022
- Conditional Discharge: £17
- A fine, a Youth Rehabilitation Order or a Referral Order: £22
- A custodial sentence (All lengths)*: £34
One or more offence(s) committed before 14 April 2020
- Conditional Discharge: £16
- A fine, a Youth Rehabilitation Order or a Referral Order: £21
- A custodial sentence (All lengths)*: £32
One or more offence(s) committed before 28 June 2019
- Conditional Discharge: £15
- A fine, a Youth Rehabilitation Order or a Referral Order: £20
- A custodial sentence (All lengths)*: £30
One or more offence(s) committed before 8 April 2016
- Conditional Discharge: £10
- A fine, a Youth Rehabilitation Order or a Referral Order: £15
- A custodial sentence (All lengths)*: £20
*When sentencing in magistrates’ courts to immediate custody for a single offence committed before 1 September 2014 or more than one offence at least one of which was committed before 1 September 2014, no surcharge is payable.
Written by Sabrina Neves, Solicitor, GT Stewart Solicitors