Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 April 1996. It was answered by Jonathan Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 22 April 1996 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Question: If he will publish a companion leaflet to I Want To Get a Divorce-What Do I Do?, entitled I Want To Try To Stay Married-What Do I Do? (Answer printed in Daily Part at 276 c7W but attributed to question number 25980 by mistake).

Answer: Mr. Patten: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will publish a companion leaflet to "I Want To Get a Divorce-What Do I Do?" entitled "I Want To Try To Stay Married-What Do I Do?"[26018] Mr. Jonathan Evans: 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. John Patten, dated 22 April 1996: The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about the guidance leaflet entitled "I want to get a divorce-what do I do?". 73,425 leaflets were printed and distributed to the courts in 1995 at a cost of approximately £10,495.

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