HC Deb 30 June 1978 vol 952 cc726-8W
Miss Richardson

asked the Attorney-General if he will list in the Official Report (a) the number of persons who have been refused an injunction under Section 1 of the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, (b) the number of injunctions granted with a power of arrest and without a power of arrest, (c) the number of injunctions granted in matrimonial proceedings with power of arrest attached, (d) the number of existing injunctions to which a power of arrest has been attached in matrimonial proceedings and under Section 1 of the Act, (e) the number of arrests made under Section 2(5), those where directions were sought out of office hours, and those where directions were sought during office hours, and (f) the number of persons committed to prison; and if he will give the statistics by region.

The Attorney-General

The information which my hon. Friend seeks is given in the following table:

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS ACT 1976
Proceedings under the Act during period June 1977 to May 1978 inclusive (Provisional figures)
Injunctions under S. I. Injunctions granted in matrimonial proceedings Power of arrest added to an existing injunction No. of arrests made S.2(5) No. of persons committed to prison
Circuit Refused Granted
With power of arrest S.2 Without power of arrest With power of arrest attached In matrimonial proceedings Under S. I. DV and MP Act 1976 Directions sought out of office hours Directions sought during office hours
England and Wales 386 1338 3529 561 106 115 168 256 127
Midland and Oxford 88 233 650 64 13 17 37 44 22
North Eastern 24 46 418 11 4 8 7 19 13
Northern 61 174 412 64 6 10 23 30 16
South Eastern
London 58 358 722 187 40 40 20 39 18
Provinces 86 351 804 181 32 28 46 77 35
Wales and Chester 19 49 142 13 2 2 6 11 5
Western 50 127 381 41 9 1C 2C 36 18