DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - COURT ORDERS

Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Law if he will give the number of Protection Orders, Expedited Orders and Domestic Exclusion Orders issued by the Courts from 1990 to 1994 with a breakdown for each year.

Prof. S. Jayakumar: The statistics requested are given below: Statistics On Spousal Violence For the Years 1990 to Jan - Jun 95 Year/Type of Order 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Jan - Jun 1995 No. of Orders Issued 240 230 319 512 505 428 Personal Protection Order 150 130 175 296 284 287 PPO (with power of arrest) * * 5 18 95 39 Expedited Order 82 94 131 186 108 86 Domestic Exclusion Order 8 6 8 12 18 16 * Figures for PPO with power of arrest are not captured for years 1990 and 1991.