Domestic Abuse: Restraining Orders
(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the penalties for breach of a restraining order where that order was issued following proven domestic violence.
This question was answered on 20th September 2017
The maximum penalty for breach of a restraining order is 5 years in prison. There are no current plans to increase this though we are determined to do more to tackle Domestic Abuse more broadly as set out in the Queen’s Speech.