Question follow-through · 11441
Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of domestic violence who have withdrawn their cases due to court delays in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 1 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of domestic violence who have withdrawn their cases due to court delays in each of the last five years.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Nov 2024
Answer published
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, intentional strangulation or suffocation.Victims and survivors of domestic abuse also may ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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