§ Mr. Cordleasked 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 FletcherThe 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
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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.