HC Deb 21 February 1979 vol 963 cc186-8W
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 statistics by region.

The Attorney-General

Provisional figures for June to December 1977 were published in the Judicial Statistics for 1977—Cmnd. 7254. The final figures for that period are set out in table 1 below. Provisional figures for 1978 are set out in table 2.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS ACT 1976
TABLE 1
Number of injunctions granted and refused, number of arrests made and persons conveyed to prison during June-December 1977
Injunctions under s. 1 Injunctions granted in matrimonial proceedings with power of arrest attached Power of arrest added to an existing injunction Number of arrests made s. 2(5)
Granted
Circuit Refused With power of arrest s. 2 Without power of arrest In matrimonial proceedings Under s. 1 DV and MP Act 1976 Directions sought out of office hours Directions sought during office hours Number of persons committed to prison
England and Wales 209 765 1,628 336 73 66 87 147 92
Midland and Oxford 30 140 306 26 17 9 20 25 17
North-Eastern 14 19 152 8 3 5 4 12 9
Northern 34 116 186 38 2 8 14 21 13
South-Eastern
London 26 182 332 151 29 28 9 21 5
Provinces 51 192 383 87 17 8 19 41 30
Wales and Chester 15 39 75 7 1 4 7 5
Western 39 77 194 19 5 7 17 20 13

TABLE 2
Number of injunctions granted and refused, number of arrests made and persons conveyed to prison during 1978 (provisional figures)
Injunctions under s. 1 Injunctions granted in matrimonial proceedings with power of arrest attached Power of arrest added to an existing injunction Number of arrests made s. 2(5)
Granted
Circuit Refused With power of arrest s. 2 Without power of arrest In matrimonial proceedings Under s. 1 DV and MP Act 1976 Directions sought out of office hours Directions sought during office hours Number of persons committed to prison
England and Wales 513 1,502 4,930 664 115 124 173 293 96
Midland and Oxford 152 272 991 110 13 18 34 54 24
North-Eastern 29 71 638 28 9 11 6 21 7
Northern 51 151 619 44 9 12 21 30 8
South-Eastern
London 71 458 1,028 150 28 24 31 45 34
Provinces 129 395 1,000 246 34 41 52 104 10
Wales and Chester 22 50 214 25 11 9 3 8
Western 59 105 440 61 11 9 26 31 13

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