The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Mr Bell about ONS Domestic Abuse Statistics

1 October 2019 · Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority

The letter, dated 1 October 2019, replies to correspondence of 27 August 2019. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Response on ONS Domestic Abuse Statistics; it links to 1 official record. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State refers to figures from the Domestic abuse in England and Wales statistics in the Debate, which state that, in the year ending March 2018, there were an estimated 1.3 million female and 695,000 male victims of domestic abuse.”

““…we estimate that around 1.3 million [victims] are female and around 695,000 [victims] are male, and within that 695,000 we believe – it is very difficult to identify this, and there are problems in doing so – that the majority of perpetrators are male.””

“We contacted the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and they confirmed that they do not provide figures on the sex of the perpetrators of domestic abuse against men.”

“ONS have told us that they will in future routinely include statistics on the sex of the perpetrator for partner abuse as part of the data tables in the Domestic Abuse statistics.”

From Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 1 October 2019. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• Domestic abuse in England and Wales statistics

Correspondence

• The letter it answered: Use of ONS Domestic Abuse Statistics (27 August 2019)

Receipt