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Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Answer

Mr. Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many non-residential orders have been issued in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. [220632] Mr. Leslie: I have been asked to reply. Occupation orders granted under Articles 11 to 19 of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 were introduced in April 1999 and the figures show the number of orders made each year since then. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1999 1,147 2000 1,275 2001 1,538 2002 2,049 2003 1,496 2004 11,196 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The 2004 figures are provisional and are subject to statistical validations. Prior to April 1999 personal protection and exclusion orders, granted under the Domestic Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, served a similar function. The figures show the number of these orders made between 1997 and 1999. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1997 4,132 1998 4,139 1999 1,665 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1659W;431 c1655W; 220632

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Court orders Domestic abuse Family law Northern Ireland Occupation orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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