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1537361

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the period of time for which non-molestation orders can be issued.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	74983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are civil orders made by the family court to protect victims and their children from the harms of domestic abuse and there is no time limit on the duration of an order.</p><p>Non-molestation orders can be made for a specified time or until a further order is made. As non-molestation orders have no statutory minimum or maximum time limit, the duration of each order is at the discretion of the court. The duration of each order will be determined by a number of factors, including, the risks of further domestic abuse, whether the order was made on notice or without notice to the respondent, and whether there has been a follow-up hearing (known as a return hearing).</p><p>In practice, these orders are often made for a period of 6-12 months, during which time the order can be varied (including to extend it) or discharged.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/11/2022 12:49:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1181912

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to strengthen non-molestation orders to require a police response to evidence of breaches.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	23607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are important civil orders designed to protect victims of domestic abuse. If the perpetrator breaches an order without reasonable excuse, they will have committed a criminal offence.</p><p>We are continuously working to improve the police response to domestic abuse, including recruiting 20,000 additional police officers, delivering more training on domestic abuse to frontline officers and investing in better equipment to strengthen evidence gathering.</p><p>The Domestic Abuse Bill, reintroduced on March 3<sup>rd</sup>, also includes a provision for a new Domestic Abuse Protection Order, which will bring together the strongest elements of the existing protective order regime into a single comprehensive and flexible order.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/03/2020 15:08:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1151376

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders have been issued in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	3640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.</p><p>Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent. The number of non-molestation orders made in each of the last 9 calendar years is shown in table 1 below. The data covers England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Non-molestation orders made in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>21,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,403</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>22,284</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,630</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>25,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>27,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019</a></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold data on how many people have represented themselves when applying for an order.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service publish a range of guidance on Gov.Uk including eligibility for obtaining orders, how to apply for an injunction if you've been the victim of domestic violence, how to apply for a non-molestation order and an occupation order and how to serve applications. Links to the guidance are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order</a></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 3642 3643 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:34:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151379

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish any guidance produced by his Department for people who are advised to seek a non-molestation order.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	3643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.</p><p>Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent. The number of non-molestation orders made in each of the last 9 calendar years is shown in table 1 below. The data covers England and Wales.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Non-molestation orders made in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>21,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>19,403</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>22,284</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,630</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>23,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>25,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>27,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019</a></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold data on how many people have represented themselves when applying for an order.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service publish a range of guidance on Gov.Uk including eligibility for obtaining orders, how to apply for an injunction if you've been the victim of domestic violence, how to apply for a non-molestation order and an occupation order and how to serve applications. Links to the guidance are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/injunction-domestic-violence/eligibility-non-molestation</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-fl401-application-for-a-non-molestation-order-occupation-order</a></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 3640 3642 question first answered 28/10/2019 17:34:24 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

752760

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of non-molestation orders were issued by (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	5185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders issued by courts in England and, specifically, by Horsham County Court in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1. Number of domestic violence non-molestation orders issued in England and Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>23,482</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>23,335</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>23,724</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:15:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

480655

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provisions are in place to ensure that provision of court time for non-molestation orders between parents is dealt with as a matter of urgency.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	31725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The family court takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously and can list urgent applications for a non-molestation order for the same day.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/03/2016 11:37:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

479241

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to determine when a non-molestation order is the appropriate course of action.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	31306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Determining when a molestation order is an appropriate course of action is a judicial decision. The court will consider the evidence before it and all the circumstances of each case in determining whether to make a non-molestation order and what duration and conditions to set out. The court also has the power to make a non-molestation order on its own initiative in any family proceedings if it considers it would be of benefit to any party or relevant child.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/03/2016 10:03:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

453356

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for (a) non-molestation orders and (b) ex parte non-molestation orders were (i) made and (ii) declined in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	27512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Non-molestation orders are made by the court to protect individuals from the harm of domestic violence. They can, where necessary, extend to protect children.</p><p>Non-molestation applications are either made ‘without notice’ to the respondent, (formerly known as ex-parte applications) usually if the applicant is seeking immediate protection, or ‘on notice’ to the respondent.</p><p> </p><p>The number of applications for non-molestation orders made in each of the last five years, split into ‘without notice’ and ‘with notice’ applications, is shown in table 1. For the same period, and in the same way, table 2 lists the number of applications for non-molestation orders declined and table 3 lists the number of non-molestation orders made. The data covers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_and_Wales" target="_blank">England and Wales</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Applications for a Non-molestation order In England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Without Notice Non- Molestation(Ex-parte)</p></td><td><p>On Notice Non-Molestation</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15,347</p></td><td><p>3,011</p></td><td><p>18,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>13,737</p></td><td><p>2,398</p></td><td><p>16,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14,125</p></td><td><p>2,163</p></td><td><p>16,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>16,610</p></td><td><p>2,139</p></td><td><p>18,749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>17,227</p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>19,467</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Table 2: Applications for a Non-molestation order declined In England and Wales</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Without Notice Non- Molestation(Ex-parte)</p></td><td><p>On Notice Non-Molestation</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Table 3: Non-molestation orders made In England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Without Notice Non- Molestation(Ex-parte)</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>On Notice Non-Molestation</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>12,564</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>8,630</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>21,194</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11,484</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>8,072</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19,556</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,543</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>7,862</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19,405</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>13,622</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>8,661</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>22,283</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13,867</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>10,132</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>23,999</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/02/2016 16:10:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

225489

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders issued by the courts were breached (a) once, (b) twice and (c) on more than three occasions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	226456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of child arrangement orders (residence and contact), prohibited steps orders, specific issues orders, and non molestation orders are shown in table 1 below. Note that data is not available for 2010 as the FamilyMan court database did not include all courts at this time. This data covers England and Wales and give the number of children and young people involved in those orders made.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 – Number of specific Children’s Act orders; England and Wales; 2011 to 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Contact and Residence Orders*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prohibited steps</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Specific issue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NMOs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>155,528</p></td><td><p>18,757</p></td><td><p>5,957</p></td><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>158,112</p></td><td><p>19,788</p></td><td><p>6,515</p></td><td><p>19,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>160,738</p></td><td><p>18,400</p></td><td><p>6,407</p></td><td><p>22,279</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Note: Child Arrangements Orders replaced separate Contact and Residence Orders in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014 will be published in Table 4 of Family Court Statistics Quarterly on 26 March at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of how many of the orders included in Table 1 were breached or resulted in enforcement or contempt of court or a sequestration order can only be obtained by manually checking case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of enforcement proceedings in respect of contact orders and Child Arrangements Orders from 2011 to 2013 are shown in Table 2 – these comprise applications for an enforcement order for unpaid work and applications for an order requiring the payment of compensation for financial loss.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Table 2 - Numbers of applications and orders of enforcement of Child Arrangement orders - 2011 to 2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(a) Applications for enforcement order for unpaid work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) All Enforcement orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) Applications for second enforcement order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) Second enforcement orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(e) Applications for an order to pay financial compensation</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(f) Orders made for financial compensation </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1126</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>1312</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>1750</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1) figures for column (b) and column (f) together make up total enforcement order as recorded in Family Court Statistics Quarterly publication - table 4.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2) second enforcement order - column (d) - includes &quot;breach of an enforcement order or order for increased hours.&quot;</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3) figures for 2014 will only be available from 26th March 2014.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for breach of a non-molestation order in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 are provided in Table 3. Data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015 in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 3 - Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for breach of a non-molestation order <sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>1,933</p></td><td><p>2,257</p></td><td><p>2,339</p></td><td><p>2,467</p></td><td><p>2,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>2,279</p></td><td><p>2,626</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td><td><p>2,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>2,174</p></td><td><p>2,550</p></td><td><p>2,566</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absolute discharge</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conditional discharge</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community sentence</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>851</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspended sentence</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate custody</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Otherwise dealt with <sup>(6)</sup></p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) An offence under S42A Family Law Act 1996</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to make sure that data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(4) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed the number proceeded against as the proceedings in the magistrates' court took place in an earlier year and the defendants were found guilty at the Crown Court in the following year; or the defendants were found guilty of a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(5) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(6) The category Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification from driving; recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 226458</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders convicted of breaching a non-molestation order on one, two, or three or more occasions in each of the last five years for which data is available are provided in Table 4. These figures have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department - they will differ from the figures taken from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) court proceedings database. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences. Hence, police recorded crime and data court proceedings are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p>As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing so data provided may be subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 4 - Number of offenders breaching non-molestation orders, England and Wales<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of non-molestation order breach offences<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12 months ending September<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3 or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,854</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,559</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Data Source</strong>: MoJs copy of the Police National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>1.</sup> England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas and the British Transport Police</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>2.</sup> Where the primary offence on a given occasion was a non-molestation order breach offence.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>3.</sup> The same offender may appear in multiple years.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 226451 226452 226453 226454 226458 question first answered 12/03/2015 14:17:54 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders were (a) issued by the courts, (b) breached and (c) resulted in the imposition of a penalty in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	226458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of child arrangement orders (residence and contact), prohibited steps orders, specific issues orders, and non molestation orders are shown in table 1 below. Note that data is not available for 2010 as the FamilyMan court database did not include all courts at this time. This data covers England and Wales and give the number of children and young people involved in those orders made.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 – Number of specific Children’s Act orders; England and Wales; 2011 to 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Contact and Residence Orders*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prohibited steps</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Specific issue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NMOs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>155,528</p></td><td><p>18,757</p></td><td><p>5,957</p></td><td><p>19,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>158,112</p></td><td><p>19,788</p></td><td><p>6,515</p></td><td><p>19,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>160,738</p></td><td><p>18,400</p></td><td><p>6,407</p></td><td><p>22,279</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Note: Child Arrangements Orders replaced separate Contact and Residence Orders in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014 will be published in Table 4 of Family Court Statistics Quarterly on 26 March at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of how many of the orders included in Table 1 were breached or resulted in enforcement or contempt of court or a sequestration order can only be obtained by manually checking case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of enforcement proceedings in respect of contact orders and Child Arrangements Orders from 2011 to 2013 are shown in Table 2 – these comprise applications for an enforcement order for unpaid work and applications for an order requiring the payment of compensation for financial loss.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Table 2 - Numbers of applications and orders of enforcement of Child Arrangement orders - 2011 to 2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(a) Applications for enforcement order for unpaid work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) All Enforcement orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) Applications for second enforcement order</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) Second enforcement orders made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(e) Applications for an order to pay financial compensation</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(f) Orders made for financial compensation </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1126</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>1312</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>1750</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1) figures for column (b) and column (f) together make up total enforcement order as recorded in Family Court Statistics Quarterly publication - table 4.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2) second enforcement order - column (d) - includes &quot;breach of an enforcement order or order for increased hours.&quot;</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3) figures for 2014 will only be available from 26th March 2014.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for breach of a non-molestation order in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 are provided in Table 3. Data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015 in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 3 - Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for breach of a non-molestation order <sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)(4)(5)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>1,933</p></td><td><p>2,257</p></td><td><p>2,339</p></td><td><p>2,467</p></td><td><p>2,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>2,279</p></td><td><p>2,626</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td><td><p>2,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>2,174</p></td><td><p>2,550</p></td><td><p>2,566</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absolute discharge</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conditional discharge</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community sentence</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>851</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspended sentence</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate custody</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Otherwise dealt with <sup>(6)</sup></p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) An offence under S42A Family Law Act 1996</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to make sure that data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(4) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed the number proceeded against as the proceedings in the magistrates' court took place in an earlier year and the defendants were found guilty at the Crown Court in the following year; or the defendants were found guilty of a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(5) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(6) The category Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order; restraining order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification from driving; recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 226458</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders convicted of breaching a non-molestation order on one, two, or three or more occasions in each of the last five years for which data is available are provided in Table 4. These figures have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department - they will differ from the figures taken from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) court proceedings database. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences. Hence, police recorded crime and data court proceedings are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p>As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing so data provided may be subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 4 - Number of offenders breaching non-molestation orders, England and Wales<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of non-molestation order breach offences<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12 months ending September<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3 or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,854</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,559</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Data Source</strong>: MoJs copy of the Police National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>1.</sup> England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas and the British Transport Police</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>2.</sup> Where the primary offence on a given occasion was a non-molestation order breach offence.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>3.</sup> The same offender may appear in multiple years.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 226451 226452 226453 226454 226456 question first answered 12/03/2015 14:17:54 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
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