§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Attorney-General the number of divorce petitions filed at the High Court of Justice in the present year, and the number of divorce petitions filed at the Assize Courts throughout the country in the same period; and how do these numbers compare with the number of petitions filed in 1926?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALThe number of divorce petitions filed in the High Court in the present year up to 27th November is 3,818. Of these, 3,080 were filed in the Principal Registry and 738 in the District Registries. In 1926 the number of divorce petitions filed was 3,548, of which 3,297 were filed in the Principal Registry and 251 in the District Registries. None were filed in the District Registries before the 6th April, 1926. No divorce petitions are 1871W filed at the Assize Courts. Of the divorce petitions proceeding in the District Registries, all those which were set down in those Registries for trial in the present year or 1926, were for trial at Assizes. Of the divorce petitions proceeding in the Principal Registry and set down there for trial in the present year, 972 were for trial at Assizes. The corresponding figure for 1926 was 1,082.