Release

Divorces in England and Wales: 2015

Released: 21 June 2017 9:30am
Next release: September to October 2017 (Provisional)

Summary

Dissolutions and annulments of marriage, by previous marital status, sex and age of divorcees and fact proven at divorce. Following the Children and Families Act 2014, couples divorcing are no longer required to provide information on children as part of the divorce process. Consequently children information will no longer be included in our divorces release; figures based on incomplete data would be misleading

Publications

Data

Methodology

  • User guide to divorce statistics

    Supporting information for divorce statistics in England and Wales. Figures are based on information recorded during the divorce process.

Contact details

Name

Nicola Haines

Email

vsob@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1329 444110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest