Data on Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) applied for by the GMP in July - September 2020

The request was successful.

Dear Greater Manchester Police,

I hope all’s well. I am making a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act about Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs). They are applied for by the police in court.

I would like to have a set of specific, discrete data, please:

(i) How many DVPOs were applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 - 30 September 2020?
(ii) Of the DVPOs applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 - 30 September 2020, how many were granted by the court?

(iii) How many DVPOs were applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 - 30 September 2020?
(iv) Of the DVPOs applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 - 30 September 2020, how many were granted by the court?

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Surr

Dear Greater Manchester Police,

Please find a clarification below.

I am making a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
about Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs). They are applied for by
the police in court.

I would like to have a set of specific, discrete data, please:

(i) How many DVPNs were applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 -
30 September 2020?
(ii) Of the DVPNs applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 - 30
September 2020, how many were granted by the court?

(iii) How many DVPOs were applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020
- 30 September 2020?
(iv) Of the DVPOs applied for by the GMP in the period 1 July 2020 - 30
September 2020, how many were granted by the court?

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Surr

Greater Manchester Police

1 Attachment

Dear Thomas,

Further to your FOI request dated 01/10/2020 please refer to the attached document.

Kind regards

Steve Broadbent
Information Compliance
Information Services Branch
Greater Manchester Police
Howard Building, Sedgley Park,
Prestwich, , Manchester, M25 0JT
Postal Address: c/o Openshaw Complex, Lawton Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2NS

show quoted sections

Greater Manchester Police

1 Attachment

Dear Thomas,

Further to your FOI request dated 05/10/2020 please refer to the attached document.

Kind regards

Steve Broadbent
Information Compliance
Information Services Branch
Greater Manchester Police
Howard Building, Sedgley Park,
Prestwich, , Manchester, M25 0JT
Postal Address: c/o Openshaw Complex, Lawton Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2NS

show quoted sections

J Roberts left an annotation ()

The Independent 29/10/23:

'According to government figures, only 10,489 DVPOs [domestic violence protection orders] were applied for in the year ending March 2022, despite more than 1.7 million women experiencing domestic abuse and more than 800,000 police reports.'

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho...

Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa...

Includes:

Table 2: Number of domestic violence protection notices, domestic violence protection orders and domestic violence disclosure schemes applied for and granted by police force area, England and Wales, year ending March 2022

GMP

DVPNs granted - 746
DVPOs granted - 653
Number of Right to Know disclosures - 182
Number of Right to Ask disclosures - 504

................................................................................

DOMESTIC ABUSE COMPLETED PROSECUTION OUTCOMES BY POLICE FORCE AREA AND BY SEX

GMP 2021/22

Women prosecuted - 210
Women convicted - 156 (74.3% - average for all forces is 73%)

Men prosecuted - 3,006
Men convicted - 2,336 (77.7% - average for all forces is 76.7%))

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...

Information about disclosures:

Child sex offender disclosure scheme: police guidance
Updated 3 April 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

Related:

UIN 186757, tabled on 24 May 2023

https://questions-statements.parliament....

Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2022

'7. Domestic abuse and sexual offences

Domestic abuse-related crimes and sexual offences recorded by the police do not provide a reliable measure of trends in these types of crime. Improvements in police recording practices and increased reporting by victims have contributed to increases in recent years. The figures do, however, provide a good measure of the crime-related demand on the police... '

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa...

WDTK:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/m...

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/d...