Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robert Buckland and Rehman Chishti

Thursday 1st November 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Solicitor General]

The hon. Lady knows police funding is a question for an announcement in December and the forthcoming spending review next year. I reassure her that the number of flagged referrals on domestic abuse from the police is remaining steady at about 110,000 in the past two years. As I have said, the number and rate of prosecutions continues to rise. We have seen a rise of over 50% in domestic abuse prosecutions in the past 10 years.

[Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)]

6. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to increase the rate of successful prosecutions for terrorism.