Prisoners: Domestic Abuse
Commons · Question 21733 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Josh Babarinde
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic abusers are serving prison sentences in England and Wales.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 13 Jan 2025
It is not possible to robustly calculate the number of domestic abusers in prison or their reoffending rate. This is because these crimes are recorded under the specific offences for which they are prosecuted, such as intentional strangulation or suffocat...