Domestic Abuse: Courts
Commons · Question 11444 · 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 the average time was for a domestic violence case to be heard in court in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England 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, co intentional strangulation or suffocation.This Government inherited a record and rising ...