HC Deb 03 May 1991 vol 190 c335W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Attorney-General what assistance his Department gives to the Cleveland family conciliation service.

The Attorney-General

No direct or specific central Government funding is or has ever been available for Cleveland family conciliation service. Indirect help is provided through the courts, the probation service and the legal aid fund in some cases. The Government are reviewing the future of, and funding for, conciliation services as part of their consideration of proposals to reform the divorce law.

Mr. Devlin

To ask the Attorney-General what is the Government's policy on the funding of family conciliation services.

The Attorney-General

I refer the hon. Member for Stockton, South to the reply given to the question from my hon. Friend, the Member for Chislehurst (Mr. Sims) on 18 April 1991, at column221.