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Domestic

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many calls there have been to the domestic violence hotline in each month since its introduction. [178865]

Yvette Cooper: I have been asked to reply.

There have been 26,070 calls to the national domestic violence helpline (0808 2000 247) jointly operated by Refuge and Women's Aid between its launch on 15 December 2003 and 15 June 2004. In addition, Women's Aid have received 42,691 calls on their previous help-line number, and Refuge 43,890 calls on their previous numbers. A monthly breakdown of these figures is given as follows.

Number of calls
December 2003	1,345
January 2004	3,382
February 2004	3,654
March 2004	5,933
April 2004	3,956
May 2004	4,098
June 2004	3,702

Last update: 29 July 2004