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Police and Justice Bill. Committee stage sixth sitting (afternoon). New clauses relating to part 2 considered. Clause 14 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 15 disagreed to. Clauses 16 to 20 agreed to. Schedule 7 agreed to. New clauses and a new schedule relating to part 3 considered. Clause...

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Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

23 March 2006

Reference

SCD

House

House of Commons

Protection from Harassment Act

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many times the powers under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have been used to prevent an individual from contacting a spouse or partner in each year since the Act came into force; what standard of proof is...

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 October 2005

For answer on

2 November 2005

Answered on

17 November 2005

The available information from the Home Office Court Proceedings database on the number of restraining orders made under section 5 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 up to 2004 is contained in table one.The available information from the Department for Constitutional Affairs County Court Statistics Module Database on the estimated number of injunctions granted under section 3 of the Act, 1998 to 2005, is contained in table two. (The number is estimated because there is no specific reference to section three of the Act within the dataset.) It is not possible to identify those orders or injunctions that were intended to prevent contact with a partner or spouse, as information about the purpose of such orders and injunctions is not centrally collected. Both restraining orders made under section 5 of the Act and civil injunctions granted under section three are civil orders.Both orders are preventative rather than punitive and are intended to give protection to victims. In determining whether a restraining order is necessary, the criminal court will apply a civil standard of proof. If a civil court is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that harassment has taken place or is anticipated, then it may grant an injunction.

Protection from Harassment Act 1997
	Injunctions granted
1998	374
1999	390
2000	283
2001	433
2002	482
2003	761
2004	354
2005 (to September 2005)	482

Defendants given a restraining order, principal andnon-principal, 1997–2004
	Crown court	Magistrates court	All courts
1997	0	1	1
1998	38	822	860
1999	146	1,290	1,436
2000	59	1,559	1,618
2001	3	1,602	1,605
2002	127	1,807	1,934
2003	520	1,947	2,467
2004	602	2,204	2,806
Source: RDS-NOMS

Legislation

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Date

17 November 2005

Reference

439 c1433-5W;439 c1437-9W; 24524

House

House of Commons

Protection from Harassment Act

(2) on how many occasions powers under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 have been used to prevent a person from accessing their marital home; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 November 2005

For answer on

10 November 2005

Answered on

17 November 2005

Protection from Harassment Act 1997
	Injunctions granted
1998	374
1999	390
2000	283
2001	433
2002	482
2003	761
2004	354
2005 (to September 2005)	482

Defendants given a restraining order, principal andnon-principal, 1997–2004
	Crown court	Magistrates court	All courts
1997	0	1	1
1998	38	822	860
1999	146	1,290	1,436
2000	59	1,559	1,618
2001	3	1,602	1,605
2002	127	1,807	1,934
2003	520	1,947	2,467
2004	602	2,204	2,806
Source: RDS-NOMS

Legislation

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Date

17 November 2005

Reference

28061; 439 c1433-5W;439 c1437-9W

House

House of Commons

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