§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Minister of Social Security how many women should be in receipt of maintenance allowances; and what is the outstanding debt in contributions towards their court orders.
§ Mrs. HartI regret that this information is not available. However, in June, 1967 about 141,000 separated wives and divorced women were receiving Supplementary Benefit. About 70,000 of these 399W women had maintenance orders, of which some 31,500 were being complied with regularly. A further 17,500 had out-of-court agreements, of which some 13,000 were being paid regularly.