PROTECTION ORDERS

Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Law, in respect of 1995, what is the number of (i) protection orders, expedited orders and domestic exclusion orders issued by the courts; (ii) repeat protection orders issued; and (iii) cases of, and persons charged with, breach of protection orders.

Prof. S. Jayakumar: The information requested are given below: (i) Number of Protection Orders Issued in 1995 : 639 (ii) Number of Expedited Orders Issued in 1995 : 284 (iii) Number of Domestic Exclusion Orders Issued : 36 in 1995 (iv) Number of Repeat Protection Orders Issued in 1995 No statistical data is kept. For breach of an existing Protection Order, the Court can issue a Protection Order with a Power of Arrest attached or a Domestic Exclusion Order, if the respondent is the same person. (v) Number of cases charged with breach of : 40 Protection Orders in 1995