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Library users across Norfolk owe more than a whopping £100,000 in late book fines, data has revealed. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by the BBC found that Norfolk County Council is owed a total of £114,000 in late book fines from library users. The data for overdue fees was made up to the year-end on February 4.
READ MORE: Council causes Christmas chaos AGAIN as event faces cancellation The £114,000 total included those who "had not yet had the chance to settle their account." Late fines had been reintroduced for books across Norfolk's libraries last year after they had been suspended during Covid. The data revealed that the council had collected more than £70,000 since late fines were reintroduced.
READ MORE: Man killed in Norwich by deadly new opioid 100 times stronger than heroin A spokesperson for the council told the BBC that the money collected from fines has been reinvested into the library service. Charges for late items increased to 20p per day earlier this month. A total of 32,000 library members owed late fees to the council, with the most any one person owed totalling £151.
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