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<p>The Home Office collects data on domestic abuse related offences, and on the outcomes
on offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. Data is not available for
all forces but the proportion of domestic abuse flagged offences that have the outcome
OC17: Prosecution time limit expired is published for selected forces who provide
data to HO.</p><p> </p><p>2018/19 and 2019/20 - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseandthecriminaljusticesystemappendixtables&data=04%7C01%7CSamuel.Butler10%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C55bdaca3b7b64bbecc4f08d93c95ac53%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637607435795105012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2BVBkRJM%2BCAfAIBuwoQ7Dz0%2B1w2R4DoNnDpZp1oa9TEI%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system – Appendix tables -
Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> , Table 3</p><p>2015/16 - 2017/18
- <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseinenglandandwalesappendixtables&data=04%7C01%7CSamuel.Butler10%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C55bdaca3b7b64bbecc4f08d93c95ac53%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637607435795105012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=lH8qMNYxhsoA9ETPkjXzRDj7gCTs05I1eFLsCwapQAk%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Domestic abuse in England and Wales - Appendix tables - Office for
National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> , Table 19</p><p>We are aware that there is a
concern that some victims of domestic abuse may be losing access to justice since
by the time they come forward with allegations of assault, the time limit for prosecution
of such cases is up. We are gathering data about such incidents and if analysis suggests
that action is needed, we will seek to address it as appropriate.</p>
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