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Prisoners: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic abusers are serving prison sentences in England and Wales.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic abusers are serving prison sentences in England and Wales.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    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...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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