----- Original Message -----
From: dave.mortimer@mensaid.com
To: FOIUnit@cps.gsi.gov.uk
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: Official request for information by Men's Aid

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please will you kindly tell us exactly which domestic violence offences are represented by the figures below and how many (A) men and (B) women were convicted of each offence in total for each of the 3 years stated below.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm061108/text/61108w0035.htm

Mr. McNulty: The Crown Prosecution Service holds a record of the volume and outcome of prosecutions for domestic violence from the date of full implementation of the Compass Case Management System in 2004. No figures are held for periods before then. The number and proportion of convictions for domestic violence was as follows:

Yours sincerely

David Mortimer

----- Original Message -----
From: FOIUnit@cps.gsi.gov.uk
To: dave.mortimer@mensaid.com
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: Freedom of Information Request Ref:0724

Dear Mr Mortimer,

I refer to your Freedom of Information Act request dated the 4th December 2006 for information about domestic violence offences.

I attach two charts showing domestic violence data collated by gender and principal offence category for the three years quoted in your request. The data should be interpreted bearing the following in mind:

• Outcomes are broken down into two categories: convictions and unsuccessful outcomes. The report shows the number and proportion of defendants falling into each category
• Convictions comprise guilty pleas, convictions after trial and cases proved in the absence of the defendant.
• Unsuccessful outcomes represent all outcomes other than a conviction, comprising discontinuances and withdrawals, discharged committals, dismissals and acquittals and administrative finalisations
• Administrative finalisations are recorded where a case cannot proceed because a warrant for the arrest of the defendant remains unexecuted, or where a defendant cannot be traced by the police for a summons to be served, or the defendant has died or been found unfit to plead
• Outcomes are shown separately according to the principal offence category. The principal offence is the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged in a set of proceedings, regardless of how the offence is finalised. Offences are divided into homicide, offences against the person, sexual offences, burglary, robbery, theft and handling, fraud and forgery, criminal damage, drugs offences, public order, motoring and all other offences excluding motoring.
• A principal offence category has not been recorded for every case handled, and these figures are therefore slightly incomplete.
• CPS records do not identify the principal offence for cases resulting in an administrative finalisation, which are shown in the report as a separate category.

Domestic Violence Defendants by Gender

Domestic Violence Defendants by Gender & Principle Offence Category

Yours sincerely

Kay Beresford
Information Management Unit