§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of domestic violence have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last three years. [63585]
§ Solicitor-GeneralI have been asked to reply.
In 1999, the CPS prosecuted 6,404 cases of domestic violence. In 2000, the CPS prosecuted 7,680 cases of domestic violence. In 2001, the CPS prosecuted 7,996 cases of domestic violence. The figures include cases where a defendant agreed to be bound over and are based on the CPS monitoring system of annual 3-month snapshots carried out between 1999 and 2001.