Transparency data

Management information: Stalking Protection Orders

Data from HM Courts and Tribunals Service and a Home Office review on Stalking Protection Orders (SPOs).

• From: Home Office and HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Published: 28 February 2022
• Last updated: 26 January 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Management information for February 2020 to December 2021: Stalking Protection Orders

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Management information for February 2020 to December 2021: Stalking Protection Orders

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Management information for February 2020 to January 2021: Stalking Protection Orders

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Management information for February 2020 to January 2021: 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 (SPOs) 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 includes the following documents about the operation of SPOs:

• management information on the numbers of SPOs applied for and issued, and the number of court receipts relating to potential breaches, for February 2020 to December 2021

• management information on the numbers of SPOs applied for and issued, and the number of court receipts relating to potential breaches, for February 2020 to January 2021

• report of a 2021 Home Office review into how SPOs operated during their first year

Published 28 February 2022
Last updated 26 January 2023 + show all updates

1. 26 January 2023

   Added Stalking Protection Order statistics for February 2020 to December 2021.

2. 28 February 2022

   First published.