Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions

(asked on 22nd February 2023) - View Source
Questioner
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
(Conservative - Crawley)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted for domestic abuse in (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021/22.

Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
This question was answered on 2nd March 2023

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds data showing the number of defendants flagged with a domestic abuse monitoring flag. These records can be separated to show the outcome of the prosecution and by the sex of the defendant. The table below shows the number of defendants, by sex, prosecuted and convicted in the two years ending March 2022.

2020-2021

2021-2022

Prosecuted

Convicted

% Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

% Convicted

Women

4,354

3,223

74.0%

4,445

3,246

73.0%

Men

50,090

39,302

78.5%

48,663

37,325

76.7%

Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System

The data above is classed as management information as defendants are flagged when allegations of domestic abuse are made.

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