Court Orders

Restraining Order under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

Number of persons given restraining order under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, s5, England and Wales are:

2003 - 1,943

2004 - 2,178

2005 - 2,414

Domestic violence injunctions under the Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996:

The most recent annual figures are as follows:

Non-molestation orders-

Non-molestation - ex parte 13,037

Non-molestation - on notice 4,303

Non-molestation - orders with power of arrest attached 20,566

Non-molestation - orders without power of arrest 2,098

See report from July 2000 of a Carlyle case where assault resulted in birth of baby (born at 8 and half months by caesarean section).

Basis of counting relates to persons who were given restraining orders for their principal offences, in cases where a person may be dealt with for more than one offence at a given time, but the restraining orders may not have been the principal court disposal for this offence, as restraining orders are often a subsidiary disposal.