§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked 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-GeneralThe final figures for 1978 are set out in table I below. Provisional figures for January-March 1979 are set out in table 2.
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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 1978 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) Number of persons committed to prison 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 England and Wales … 516 1,489 4,897 683 114 127 173 283 96 Midland and Oxford … 152 270 992 110 13 18 34 55 24 North-eastern … 29 71 637 28 9 12 6 20 7 Northern … 51 151 619 44 9 12 21 30 8 South-eastern— London … 74 447 1,017 170 29 25 31 35 34 Provinces … 129 396 978 245 34 41 52 104 10 Wales and Chester … 22 49 211 25 11 9 3 8 — Western … 59 105 443 61 9 10 26 31 13 688W
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS ACT 1976 TABLE 2 Number of injunctions granted and refused, number of arrests made and person conveyed to prison during January-March 1979 (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) Number of persons committed to prison 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 England and Wales … 103 395 1,086 161 27 30 28 85 35 Midland and Oxford … 18 76 262 32 6 3 9 22 16 North-eastern … 2 17 159 7 2 2 1 3 1 Northern … … 13 26 119 2 1 3 1 10 5 South-eastern— London … … 8 146 176 36 4 5 3 23 8 Provinces … … 32 90 212 63 12 12 12 22 3 Wales and Chester … 6 17 40 10 2 — — 1 1 Western … … 24 23 118 11 — 5 2 4 1