§ Miss Holtasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cases of failure by husbands to pay maintenance for a wife have been brought before the courts since August, 1971;
(2) how many orders for attachment of earnings to secure maintenance payments have been made since August, 1971; and how many of these have not been complied with.
§ Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cases of failure to pay maintenance have been brought before the courts since August, 1971; how many orders for attachment of earnings to secure maintenance payments have been made since that date; and how many of these have not been complied with;
(2) in cases where attachment of earnings orders have been made to secure maintenance payments, how many notifications of change of employment and earnings have been made to the courts since August, 1971; and in how many 192W cases a fine has been paid for failure to notify such changes.
§ Mr. CarlisleI would refer my hon. Friends to the reply which I gave yesterday to similar Questions by my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth (Dame Irene Ward).—[Vol. 827, c. 138–9.]