§ Mr. Bestasked the Attorney-General what is the average cost of the preparation of a welfare report for a divorce county court; how many such reports were prepared in the last period of 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will give the figures for each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. MayhewI have been asked to reply.
Information for the reports specified is not available; such reports may be prepared either by the probation and after-care service or by local authorities. Details of the number of non-criminal reports prepared by the probation and after-care service and the cost of preparing such reports are published annually in "Probation and after-care statistics, England and Wales", tables 53 and 61 of the volume for 1980.