HC Deb 15 March 1965 vol 708 cc222-4W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Minister without Portfolio if he will give the amount of public funds spent on legal aid for 12 months up to December, 1964; and what proportion of this figure was paid for legal assistance in matrimonial cases.

Sir Eric Fletcher

The grant from public funds to the Legal Aid Fund in respect of legal aid for civil cases for the calendar year 1964 was £4.587 million. So far as can be estimated, the proportion

County (including County Borough areas) Registrar General's Mid-Year Total Percentage
Estimates of Home Population Change Change
1951 1964 1951–1964 1951–1964
Anglesey 50,980 53,650 +2,670 +5.2
Breconshire 55,700 54,320 -1,380 -2.5
Cardiganshire 54,210 53,250 -960 -1.8
Caernarvonshire 123,300 119,820 -3,480 -2.8
Carmarthenshire 170,600 166,600 -4,000 -2.3
Denbighshire 170,400 176,840 +6,440 +3.8
Flintshire 145,700 155,150 +9,450 +6.5
Glamorgan 1,196,000 1,244,290 +48,290 +4.0
Merioneth 41,170 38,870 -2,300 -5.6
Monmouthshire 422,700 456,230 +33,530 +7.9
Montgomeryshire 45,520 43,720 -1,800 -4.0
Pembrokeshire 90,740 95,350 +4,610 +5.1
Radnorshire 19,980 18,300 -1,680 -8.4
WALES 2,587,000 2,676,390 +89,390 +3.5

of this sum spent on matrimonial cases was approximately 87 per cent.

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