Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 52601, how many (a) magistrates and (b) judges have attended domestic abuse training courses in the Cardiff courts in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

All Judges and magistrates who sit in the family court are trained in the subject of domestic abuse. All magistrates in criminal courts also undertake training on domestic violence. Data on training for judges in the criminal courts is not held centrally.