HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 c1306W
Mr. Boateng

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department in how many(a) matrimonial cases and (b) civil non-matrimonial cases in each of the last five years one of the parties was a litigant in person. [35540]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Paul Boateng, dated 19 July 1995: The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to his Question about the number of cases in which one of the parties was a litigant in person. I am sorry to have to tell you that this information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.