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<p>The Attorney General and Solicitor General meet the director of Public Prosecutions
regularly to discuss CPS priority areas which includes ensuring that the CPS continues
to protect vulnerable victims of crime. However, the Law Officers do not intervene
on individual cases; judges have discretion to make decisions based on the evidence
before them.</p><p>Section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
enables courts to make restraining orders at the conclusion of a case. These are civil
orders; however, breach of an order is a criminal offence. The Crown Prosecution Service
takes domestic abuse seriously and in 2017 in England and Wales 19,216 restraining
orders were issued on conviction and 1,932 were issued on acquittal. The Government
sees the response to domestic abuse as a top priority and is committed to securing
justice for all victims.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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