HC Deb 26 November 1971 vol 826 c469W
Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether all courts have now introduced the system of paying maintenance to deserted wives by cheque.

Mr. Carlisle

My right hon. Friend has asked clerks to justices in England and Wales to arrange for maintenance to be paid by post as a normal practice. It will, however, take some time for them all to make the necessary accounting and staff changes.