Contact Orders (Breaches)

HC Deb 29 June 1995 vol 262 c743W

Mr. Luff

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many mothers have received custodial sentences for breaches of court contact orders in each year since 1989. [30513]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Peter Luff, dated 29 June 1995: BREACH OF CONTRACT ORDERS The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of mothers who have received a custodial sentence for breach of a contact order. I am sorry to have to tell you that this information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.