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Specialist Domestic Violence Courts

The Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC) programme has been running since 2005 and there are now 127 courts, across the country. This is just one short of the Government target of 128, by 2011. Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) will have responsibility for the governance and perfomance management aspects of SDVCs from the 1 April 2010.

This list dated 23rd October 2009 shows at a glance what courts fall within each LCJB area and will help identify, which courts have received official accreditation. This list is replicated on the Home Office website and the Ministry of Justice website as it is a tri-partite team.

Avon and Somerset Local Criminal Justice Board

There are six Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Avon and Somerset Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Bath SDVC
  • Bristol SDVC
  • North Avon SDVC
  • North Somerset SDVC
  • Sedgemoor SDVC
  • South Somerset SDVC

Bedfordshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Bedfordshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Bedford SDVC
  • Luton SDVC

Cambridgeshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Cambridgeshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Peterborough SDVC

Cheshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are three Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Cheshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Chester SDVC
  • Crewe SDVC
  • Halton SDVC

Cleveland Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Cleveland Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Teeside SDVC

Cumbria Local Criminal Justice Board

There are three Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Cumbria Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Carlisle SDVC
  • South Cumbria SDVC
  • West Cumbria SDVC

Derbyshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Derbyshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Derby SDVC
  • NE Derbyshire and Dales SDVC

Devon and Cornwall Local Criminal Justice Board

There are four Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Devon and Cornwall Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Barnstaple SDVC
  • Bodmin and Truro SDVC
  • Exeter SDVC
  • South Devon (Torbay) SDVC

Dorset Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Dorset Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • East Dorset SDVC
  • West Dorset SDVC

Durham and Darlington Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Durham and Darlington Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Durham SDVC

Dyfed-Powys Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Dyfed-Powys Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Pembrokeshire SDVC

Essex Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Essex Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Essex SDVC

Gloucestershire Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Gloucestershire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Cheltenham SDVC

Greater Manchester Local Criminal Justice Board

There are six Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Greater Manchester Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Manchester SDVC
  • Salford SDVC
  • Wigan SDVC
  • Bolton SDVC
  • Tameside SDVC
  • Warrington SDVC

Gwent Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Gwent Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Gwent (Caerphilly) SDVC
  • Gwent (Newport) SDVC

Hampshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are four Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Hampshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • North East Hampshire SDVC
  • Southampton SDVC
  • North West Hampshire SDVC
  • Portsmouth SDVC

Hertfordshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are three Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Hertfordshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Hemel Hempstead SDVC
  • North and East Hertfordshire SDVC
  • St Albans SDVC

Humberside Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Humberside Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • East Riding SDVC
  • Hull SDVC

Kent Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Kent Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Kent (Maidstone) SDVC

Lancashire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are six Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Lancashire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley SDVC
  • Blackpool and Fylde SDVC
  • Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale SDVC
  • Lancaster SDVC
  • Preston SDVC
  • Fleetwood SDVC

Leicestershire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Leicestershire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Leicester SDVC
  • Loughborough SDVC

London Local Criminal Justice Board

There are six Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the London Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Brent SDVC
  • Croydon SDVC
  • West London SDVC
  • Hillingdon SDVC
  • Hounslow SDVC
  • Newham SDVC

Merseyside Local Criminal Justice Board

There are five Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Merseyside Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Knowsley SDVC
  • Liverpool SDVc
  • Sefton SDVC
  • St Helens SDVC
  • Wirral SDVC

Norfolk Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Norfolk Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Norwich SDVC

Northamptonshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Northamptonshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Northants SDVC

Northumbria Local Criminal Justice Board

There are four Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Northumbria Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Gateshead SDVC
  • Sunderland SDVC
  • Newcastle upon Tyne SDVC
  • North Tyneside SDVC

North Wales Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the North Wales Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Flintshire SDVC
  • Wrexham SDVC

North Yorkshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the North Yorkshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Scarborough and Ryedale SDVC
  • York and Selby SDVC

Nottinghamshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Nottinghamshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Mansfield SDVC
  • Nottingham SDVC

South Wales Local Criminal Justice Board

There are six Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the South Wales Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Bridgend SDVC
  • Cardiff SDVC
  • Neath Port Talbot SDVC
  • Rhondda Cynon Taff SDVC
  • Swansea SDVC
  • Vale of Glamorgan SDVC

South Yorkshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are four Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the South Yorkshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Barnsley SDVC
  • Doncaster SDVC
  • Rotherham SDVC
  • Sheffield SDVC

Staffordshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are three Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Staffordshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Cannock and Stafford SDVC
  • North Staffordshire SDVC
  • South East Staffordshire SDVC

Suffolk Local Criminal Justice Board

There are three Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Suffolk Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Ipswich SDVC
  • Bury St Edmunds SDVC
  • Lowestoft SDVC

Sussex Local Criminal Justice Board

There are three Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Sussex Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Brighton and Hove SDVC
  • East Sussex SDVC
  • West Sussex SDVC

Thames Valley Local Criminal Justice Board

There are four Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Thames Valley Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Berkshire- Reading, Maidenhead, Newbury SDVC
  • Milton Keynes SDVC
  • North Oxford SDVC
  • Oxford SDVC

Warwickshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There is one Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Warwickshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Warwickshire SDVC

West Mercia Local Criminal Justice Board

There are six Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the West Mercia Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Herefordshire SDVC
  • Kidderminster SDVC
  • Shropshire and Shropshire North SDVC
  • South Worcestershire SDVC
  • Telford and South Shropshire SDVC
  • Worcestershire (Bromsgrove and Redditch) SDVC

West Midlands Local Criminal Justice Board

There are eight Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the West Midlands Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Birmingham SDVC
  • Coventry SDVC
  • Dudley SDVC
  • Sandwell SDVC
  • Solihull SDVC
  • Walsall SDVC
  • Wolverhampton SDVC
  • Tamworth SDVC

West Yorkshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are five Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the West Yorkshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Kirklees SDVC
  • Leeds SDVC
  • Wakefield SDVC
  • Bradford and Bingley SDVC
  • Halifax SDVC

Wiltshire Local Criminal Justice Board

There are two Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the Wiltshire Local Criminal Justice Board:

  • Wiltshire (with Swindon) SDVC
  • Salisbury SDVC

Local Criminal Justice Boards without Specialist Domestic Violence Courts

There are no Specialist Domestic Violence Courts within the following Local Criminal Justice Boards:

  • Lincolnshire Local Criminal Justice Board
  • Surrey Local Criminal Justice Board