Justice written question – answered at on 27 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons convicted of an offence under the terms of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last three years were placed on a perpetrator's programme as part of a community or custodial sentence.
The information would require a manual search of court records at a disproportionate cost, as MOJ do not centrally hold data on persons placed on a perpetrator’s programme.
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david calder
Posted on 5 Jul 2011 7:50 am (Report this annotation)
In order to help protect current and potential future victims, work to tackle domestic violence needs to include a focus on addressing the violent and abusive behaviour of those who perpetrate it.so a central register should be made available of those who have been on a Perpetrators programme.
Dave Calder.