Report - London Borough of Hillingdon
Report - London Borough of Hillingdon
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<strong>Hillingdon</strong> Domestic Violence Strategy 08/2005<br />
• <strong>Hillingdon</strong> Victim support currently deals with 48 reports <strong>of</strong> domestic<br />
violence each week.<br />
• In a sample <strong>of</strong> clients presenting to <strong>Hillingdon</strong> Community Safety Unit<br />
Domestic Violence Coordinator in 2004/05, 37% suffered domestic<br />
violence during pregnancy, and 28% were the victim <strong>of</strong> sexual<br />
assault/rape.<br />
• <strong>Hillingdon</strong> Women’s Centre receive approximately 30 enquiries per month<br />
and the majority <strong>of</strong> their client group are women fleeing or experiencing<br />
domestic violence:<br />
‣ Between April 2004 - March 2005 they dealt with 4186<br />
enquiries concerning domestic violence<br />
* * * * *<br />
It is well known amongst agencies working with domestic violence, that those<br />
whose lives are affected by domestic violence include not only the immediate<br />
victim, but also wider family <strong>of</strong> the victim/perpetrator.<br />
As well as the personal cost to these victims in terms <strong>of</strong> emotional and<br />
physical damage to their development there is also a broad spectrum <strong>of</strong> more<br />
hidden costs to any society in which domestic violence occurs. These costs<br />
are manifested in crime, cycles <strong>of</strong> abuse, and arrested development <strong>of</strong> young<br />
people. The costs to any society <strong>of</strong> addressing the results <strong>of</strong> domestic<br />
violence are therefore great.<br />
To identify the scale <strong>of</strong> the problem within <strong>Hillingdon</strong>, we have used <strong>London</strong><br />
wide research on the cost <strong>of</strong> domestic violence, which was supported by the<br />
Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and has produced the following figures per<br />
year. The figures quoted are for the whole <strong>of</strong> <strong>London</strong>.<br />
Service Criminal<br />
Justice<br />
System<br />
Annual<br />
Cost<br />
Total<br />
Legal System<br />
£142.29<br />
million<br />
£185.94<br />
million<br />
Civil<br />
Legal<br />
Costs*<br />
£43.65<br />
million<br />
National Health<br />
Service<br />
Physical Mental<br />
Injuries healthcare<br />
£170.69<br />
million<br />
£24.62<br />
million<br />
Local Authority<br />
Social<br />
services<br />
£31<br />
million<br />
Housing<br />
£22.11<br />
million<br />
Lost<br />
Economic<br />
output**<br />
£373.84<br />
million<br />
Business<br />
Savings<br />
to<br />
employers<br />
£4 million<br />
£1195.31 million £53.11 million £377.84 million<br />
£1,812,20 million<br />
*About half is born by legal aid and half by the individual.<br />
**This is the cost <strong>of</strong> time <strong>of</strong>f work due to injuries.<br />
PART 1 – MEMBERS, PUBLIC AND PRESS<br />
Cabinet report 10 th November 2005 Page 76
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