Transparency data

Management information: Stalking Protection Orders

Data from Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service about, and the report of a review by the Home Office into, Stalking Protection Orders.

From:
Home Office and HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published
28 February 2022

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Management information: Stalking Protection Orders

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Management information: Stalking Protection Orders

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Review of Stalking Protection Orders (accessible version)

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Review of Stalking Protection Orders

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Details

Stalking Protection Orders were introduced by the Stalking Protection Act 2019 and came into force on 20 January 2020. The police can apply to the magistrates’ court to issue a Stalking Protection Order which would require someone to stop doing certain things and/or to do certain things.

This page contains 2 documents about the operation of Stalking Protection Orders during the first year when they were available.

The first document contains management information on the numbers of Stalking Protection Orders applied for and issued, and the number of court receipts relating to potential breaches of one, in the first 12 full months of their existence (February 2020 to January 2021).

The second document is the report of a review undertaken by the Home Office in 2021 into how Stalking Protection Orders operated during their first year. It contains quantitative data from a range of sources, the results of surveys of police officers and magistrates’ legal advisers, and feedback received from a range of stakeholders.

Published 28 February 2022