§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the relationship between alcohol abuse and domestic violence. [1806]
§ Mr. MacleanThe 1996 British crime survey found that 32 per cent. of assailants in cases of domestic violence were said by their victims to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the assault. Home Office research study 107, "Domestic Violence", considered the interaction between alcohol abuse and domestic violence, with a review of the available literature. The research evidence suggests that excessive alcohol consumption is not a cause of domestic violence but a condition that co-exists with it.