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Domestic Violence Protection Orders

Answer

The table below shows the available information on the number of orders issued during the period in question. (Data are only available from December 2014 as the Magistrates’ Courts case management and management information systems only began separately recording Domestic Violence Protection Orders from that date.)

On 17 February, the Prime Minister announced plans for a major new programme of work leading towards bringing forward a Domestic Violence and Abuse Act. This will look at what more can be done to support victims of domestic violence and abuse, especially in the way the law, and legal procedures, currently work for such victims.

	Dec 14 - March 2015	April 15 - March 2016
Domestic Violence Protection Orders	1,150	3,951
Notes:
The data are based on the case completion date.
The report counts the number of cases where a Domestic Violence Protection Order was made, not the number of defendants.
The report counts all cases where the 'DVPO' (Domestic Violence Protection Order) result code was applied.
The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information.
Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time.
Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.
The data provided have been extracted specifically to answer this question and have not been cross referenced with case files.
Data are only available from December 2014 as the Magistrates’ Courts case management and management information systems only began recording a specific DVPO Result Code from that date. Prior to December 2014, a generic code was used to record Domestic Violence Protection Orders.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

67327

Session

2016-17

Subjects

Domestic violence protection orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk