HC Deb 17 April 1996 vol 275 c515W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of all assaults recorded by the police were domestic violence offences in each year since 1985.[24870]

Mr. Maclean

It is not possible to separately identify offences of domestic violence within the regular recorded crime series collected centrally by the Home Office.

Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many refuges for women escaping domestic violence have been notified to his Department. [24897]

Mr. Maclean

The availability of emergency shelter for those fleeing domestic violence is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. I understand that the latest information available from the Womens' Aid Federation shows that there are 418 refuges in England and 45 in Wales.