§ Mr. Edward Lyonsasked the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the number and cost of additional civil servants likely to be needed because of transfer of divorce jurisdiction to the county courts.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIt is thought that the transfer of divorce jurisdiction to the county courts will require 29 additional civil servants at a salary cost of £16,200 a year. The increase is due to the fact that certain work which was formerly done by solicitors will in future be undertaken by the court officials, with a consequential saving in solicitors' costs.