§ 159. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many maintenance orders were made against deserting husbands in each of the last five years; and how many orders were made for wilful neglect to maintain.
§ Miss BaconThe numbers of matrimonial orders made by magistrates courts during the years 1960–1964 (the last year for which figures are available) were as follows:—
1960 … … … 16,539 1961 … … … 14,621 1962 … … … 15,497 1963 … … … 15,516 1964 … … … 15,764 A very small number of these orders may not have contained provision for the payment of maintenance.
There is no information available about the grounds on which these orders were made.