§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of successful prosecutions for (a) cases of domestic violence, (b) rape by a person known to the victim and (c) rape by a person unknown to the victim for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on prosecutions and convictions is not collected centrally in sufficient detail to distinguish either domestic violence or whether an assailant is known to the victim in rape cases. Some information concerning rape cases is available from recent research studies in "Changes in rape offences and sentencing", Home Office research study 105 and "Concerns about rape", Home Office research study 106. Copies of both publications are available in the Library.