Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department first introduced removal targets; and if she will publish her Department's removal targets by (a) year and (b) region.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
My Department’s approach is set out in Sir Philip Rutnam’s letter to the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, dated 14 May 2018 that I deposited in the House Library.
Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Ministerial (a) involvement, (b) agreement and (c) direction there was in the setting of removal targets in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
My Department’s approach is set out in Sir Philip Rutnam’s letter to the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, dated 14 May 2018 that I deposited in the House Library.
Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Domestic Violence Protection Orders have been approved in court in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) were rolled out across all 43 police forces in England Wales from 8 March 2014.
3,337 DVPOS were applied for and 3,072 DVPOs granted in England and Wales between 8 March 2014 - 31December 2014, according to the DVPO ‘One Year On’ evaluation report.
3,951 DVPOS were granted in England and Wales from April 2015 – March 2016 according to Magistrates Courts’ case management data.
3,817 DVPOS were applied for and 3,698 DVPOs granted in England and Wales from July 2016 – July 2017 according to data collected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Violence Protection Orders have been approved in England and Wales in each of the past five years.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) were rolled out across all 43 police forces in England Wales from 8 March 2014.
3,337 DVPOS were applied for and 3,072 DVPOs granted in England and Wales between 8 March 2014 - 31December 2014, according to the DVPO ‘One Year On’ evaluation report.
3,951 DVPOS were granted in England and Wales from April 2015 – March 2016 according to Magistrates Courts’ case management data.
3,817 DVPOS were applied for and 3,698 DVPOs granted in England and Wales from July 2016 – July 2017 according to data collected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).