https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/explanatory-material/item/ancillary-orders/21-restraining-orders/<\/a>. All relevant individual Sentencing Guidelines include reference to the consideration of including a restraining order as an ancillary order on sentence.<\/p> <\/p>
The subject of restraining orders will also be covered during Magistrates\u2019 training where it is relevant to the subject matter in hand, for example in domestic abuse.<\/p>"}
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Information on how many times the CPS has been unable to pursue charges relating to the breach of a restraining order in these circumstances is not available and could only be obtained by manually searching CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. There has, however, been an overall rise in prosecutions commenced for breaches of restraining orders, especially for orders made on acquittal.<\/p>
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The defendant will usually be present in court when an order is made, following a guilty plea or when the defendant is acquitted or convicted at the end of a trial. In those circumstances it is not necessary for a written copy of the order to have been received by the defendant for him or her to be guilty of breaching it, even though in most cases a written copy of the order will be supplied and may be sent by post to the defendant.<\/p>
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The Criminal Procedure Rules require a prosecutor to give the defendant advance notice of the terms of any proposed restraining order and the court must not make an order unless the defendant has had the opportunity to see what is proposed and to make representations. I will ask the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee to consider whether any changes are required.<\/p>"}
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The Government has published two position papers on civil and criminal justice that makes clear that continued effective frameworks in these areas are an important part of the deep and special partnership we want to establish with the EU. It is in the interests of the UK and the EU that there continue to be effective frameworks in these areas after we leave. The exact nature of these frameworks is the subject of negotiations with our EU partners.<\/p>"}
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In 2015, 23,057 restraining orders were issued in total by all courts in England and Wales.<\/p>
Information on the specific restrictions within each restraining order is held on individual court files and could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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The CPS has bespoke e-learning training regarding restraining orders, which is available to all prosecutors through the Prosecution College. The training enables prosecutors to fully understand the principles and practical issues involved when an application is made to a court to put a restraining order in place for the protection of victims.<\/p>
The CPS will always prosecute criminal breaches of restraining orders where the test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors is met. Offending committed in breach of, or whilst subject to, a court order is likely to be seen as increasing the culpability of the suspect and, therefore, increasing the public interest in bringing a prosecution.<\/p>
The College of Policing sets the standards for the police and the use of restraining orders is referred to in a number of areas across the College\u2019s curriculum.<\/p>"}
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The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of offences under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, who were also made the subject of a Restraining Order, in England and Wales in 2015 can be viewed in the table attached.<\/p>
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