Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
Commons · Question 11441 · Tabled 28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of domestic violence who have withdrawn their cases due to court delays in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 1 Nov 2024
It is not possible to separately identify cases of domestic violence, which will be recorded under the specific offences for which they are prosecuted, for example, intentional strangulation or suffocation.Victims and survivors of domestic abuse also may ...