asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate is available to him of the proportion of divorced persons who subsequently remarry.
The numbers of divorced males and females remarrying in the year 1973—who may, of course, have been divorced in that year or any earlier year—were 3,383 and 3,504 respectively. The number of divorces in 1972 was 5,503. The proportion of divorced persons remarrying in 1973, as percentages of persons divorced in 1972, were, therefore, 61·2 for males and 63·4 for females.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the the number of petitions for divorce filed in Scotland in each of the last 10 years, giving a breakdown of the number of cases which are defended and undefended.
The information is not available exactly in the form requested. The following figures relate to the number of actions in which final judgment was given.
| Year | Total number of actions | Number of defended actions | Number of undefended actions |
| 1964 | 2,510 | 64 | 2,446 |
| 1965 | 2,770 | 73 | 2,697 |
| 1966 | 3,696 | 169 | 3,527 |
| 1967 | 3,101 | 183 | 2,918 |
| 1968 | 4,953 | 353 | 4,600 |
| 1969 | 4,421 | 242 | 4,179 |
| 1970 | 4,809 | 259 | 4,550 |
| 1971 | 5,041 | 246 | 4,795 |
| 1972 | 5,796 | 305 | 5,491 |
| 1973 | 7,475 | 264 | 7,211 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of petitions for divorce filed in Scotland in each of the last 10 years, giving a breakdown by sex of the pursuers and the rate per 1,000 married couples which the figures represent.
The information is not available exactly in the form requested. The following figures relate to the number of actions in which final judgment was given:
| Year | Total number of actions | Number in which husband was pursuer | Number in which wife was pursuer | Number of actions per 1,000 married couples |
| 1964 | 2,510 | 1,011 | 1,499 | 2·0 |
| 1965 | 2,770 | 1,031 | 1,739 | 2·2 |
| 1966 | 3,696 | 1,269 | 2,427 | 3·0 |
| 1967 | 3,101 | 1,047 | 2,054 | 2·5 |
| 1968 | 4,953 | 1,518 | 3,435 | 4·0 |
| 1969 | 4,421 | 1,323 | 3,098 | 3·6 |
| 1970 | 4,809 | 1,327 | 3,482 | 3·9 |
| 1971 | 5,041 | 1,388 | 3,563 | 4·0 |
| 1972 | 5,796 | 1,614 | 4,182 | 4·7 |
| 1973 | 7,475 | 2,015 | 5,460 | 5·9 |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of divorce decrees granted in Scotland in each of the last 10 years, and the rate per 1,000 married couples which the figures represent.
The figures are given in the table below:Divorces, numbers and rates per 1,000 married couples, Scotland, 1964–1973:
| Year | Number of divorces | Rate per 1,000 married couples |
| 1964 | 2,423 | 2·0 |
| 1965 | 2,663 | 2·2 |
| 1966 | 3,549 | 2·9 |
| 1967 | 3,015 | 2·5 |
| 1968 | 4,758 | 3·9 |
| 1969 | 4,217 | 3·5 |
| 1970 | 4,591 | 3·8 |
| 1971 | 4,786 | 3·9 |
| 1972 | 5,503 | 4·4 |
| 1973 | 7,098 | 5·7 |