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<p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others
as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous
administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such
meetings.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for
National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows a 23% fall in violence
in the year to the end of June 2014, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital
admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>Over the
same period, the number of violence offences recorded by the police rose by 11%, with
the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics
noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting
and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows
HMIC's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which
the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording
of crime. <br><br>The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We
also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported.
We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases
being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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