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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many times the powers under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have been used to prevent an individual from contacting a spouse or partner in each year since the Act came into force; what standard of proof is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many times the powers under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have been used to prevent an individual from contacting a spouse or partner in each year since the Act came into force; what standard of proof is...
Asked by
Steve Webb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Fiona Mactaggart
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2005
For answer on
2 November 2005
Answered on
17 November 2005
The available information from the Home Office Court Proceedings database on the number of restraining orders made under section 5 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 up to 2004 is contained in table one.The available information from the Department for Constitutional Affairs County Court Statistics Module Database on the estimated number of injunctions granted under section 3 of the Act, 1998 to 2005, is contained in table two. (The number is estimated because there is no specific reference to section three of the Act within the dataset.) It is not possible to identify those orders or injunctions that were intended to prevent contact with a partner or spouse, as information about the purpose of such orders and injunctions is not centrally collected. Both restraining orders made under section 5 of the Act and civil injunctions granted under section three are civil orders.Both orders are preventative rather than punitive and are intended to give protection to victims. In determining whether a restraining order is necessary, the criminal court will apply a civil standard of proof. If a civil court is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that harassment has taken place or is anticipated, then it may grant an injunction.
| Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | |
|---|---|
| Injunctions granted | |
| 1998 | 374 |
| 1999 | 390 |
| 2000 | 283 |
| 2001 | 433 |
| 2002 | 482 |
| 2003 | 761 |
| 2004 | 354 |
| 2005 (to September 2005) | 482 |
| Defendants given a restraining order, principal andnon-principal, 1997–2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown court | Magistrates court | All courts | |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 38 | 822 | 860 |
| 1999 | 146 | 1,290 | 1,436 |
| 2000 | 59 | 1,559 | 1,618 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1,602 | 1,605 |
| 2002 | 127 | 1,807 | 1,934 |
| 2003 | 520 | 1,947 | 2,467 |
| 2004 | 602 | 2,204 | 2,806 |
| Source: RDS-NOMS |
Legislation
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Subjects
Evidence; Harassment; Injunctions; Married people
Date
17 November 2005
Reference
439 c1433-5W;439 c1437-9W; 24524
House
House of Commons
(2) on how many occasions powers under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have been used to prevent a person from accessing their marital home; and if he will make a statement.
(2) on how many occasions powers under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have been used to prevent a person from accessing their marital home; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Steve Webb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Fiona Mactaggart
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 November 2005
For answer on
10 November 2005
Answered on
17 November 2005
The available information from the Home Office Court Proceedings database on the number of restraining orders made under section 5 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 up to 2004 is contained in table one.The available information from the Department for Constitutional Affairs County Court Statistics Module Database on the estimated number of injunctions granted under section 3 of the Act, 1998 to 2005, is contained in table two. (The number is estimated because there is no specific reference to section three of the Act within the dataset.) It is not possible to identify those orders or injunctions that were intended to prevent contact with a partner or spouse, as information about the purpose of such orders and injunctions is not centrally collected. Both restraining orders made under section 5 of the Act and civil injunctions granted under section three are civil orders.Both orders are preventative rather than punitive and are intended to give protection to victims. In determining whether a restraining order is necessary, the criminal court will apply a civil standard of proof. If a civil court is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that harassment has taken place or is anticipated, then it may grant an injunction.
| Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | |
|---|---|
| Injunctions granted | |
| 1998 | 374 |
| 1999 | 390 |
| 2000 | 283 |
| 2001 | 433 |
| 2002 | 482 |
| 2003 | 761 |
| 2004 | 354 |
| 2005 (to September 2005) | 482 |
| Defendants given a restraining order, principal andnon-principal, 1997–2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown court | Magistrates court | All courts | |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 38 | 822 | 860 |
| 1999 | 146 | 1,290 | 1,436 |
| 2000 | 59 | 1,559 | 1,618 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1,602 | 1,605 |
| 2002 | 127 | 1,807 | 1,934 |
| 2003 | 520 | 1,947 | 2,467 |
| 2004 | 602 | 2,204 | 2,806 |
| Source: RDS-NOMS |
Legislation
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Subjects
Access; Housing; Harassment; Injunctions; Married people
Date
17 November 2005
Reference
28061; 439 c1433-5W;439 c1437-9W
House
House of Commons