The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your request for the number of divorced women over pension age who divorced (a) aged under 30 years, (b) aged 30 to 39 years, (c) aged 40 to 49 years, (d) aged 50 to 59 years and (e) aged 60 years or over. (175579)
Population estimates by marital status are routinely available by age and sex. In 2006, there were an estimated 563,700 divorced women in England and Wales aged 60 and over. A breakdown of this figure by age at divorce is not routinely available. It could be provided only at disproportionate cost as women of pensionable age are not asked about their marital status history in large scale surveys and the census.