Child custody (England and Wales)
Note: Figures ceased to be collected when
the Children Act 1989 came into force
| Custody
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
| 1990
| 1991
|
| to mother
| 63,150
| 61,506
| 60,988
| 59,577
| 63,736
| 59,066
|
| to father
| 7,249
| 6,876
| 6,440
| 6,370
| 6,514
| 6,525
|
| jointly
| 13,009
| 13,223
| 13,771
| 14,766
| 18,468
| 22,897
|
| other
| 603
| 749
| 882
| 1,000
| -
| -
|
| Total
| 84,011
| 82,354
| 82,081
| 81,713
| 88,718
| 88,488
|
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|
|
|
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|
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| % to mother
| 75.2%
| 74.7%
| 74.3%
| 72.9%
| 71.8%
| 66.8%
|
| % to father
| 8.6%
| 8.3%
| 7.8%
| 7.8%
| 7.3%
| 7.4%
|
| % jointly
| 15.5%
| 16.1%
| 16.8%
| 18.1%
| 20.8%
| 25.9%
|
Prepared from data contained in: Judicial Statistics
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Last updated - 30 November 1999
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