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Vanessa Lloyd Platt on BBC breakfast: ONS data shows increase in divorce

8th of Dec, 2011

This morning, divorce solicitor Vanessa Lloyd Platt, made an appearance on the BBC breakfast show to discuss the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data on divorce in the UK.

With the government's ongoing austerity measures and the current turbulence in the financial markets there is little doubt about the pressures of modern life and the impact this can have on one's personal life, family and career.

Looking at the ONS data, it is clear that divorce and marriage trends have changed over several decades. The ONS report has gathered the data for 2009 and 2010 which gives a good insight into recent trends. For example the report shows that the number of divorces in England and Wales in 2010 was 119,589, an increase of 4.9% since 2009, when there were 113,949 divorces.

Other key findings:-

  • The divorce rate rose in 2010 to 11.1 divorcing people per thousand married population from 10.5 in 2009


  • 22% of marriages in 1970 had ended in divorce by the 15th wedding anniversary, whereas 33% of marriages in 1995 had ended after the same period of time


  • The number of divorces in 2010 was highest among men and women aged 40 to 44


  • In the year 2000 the average age of divorcing husbands was 39.7 and divorcing wives was 37.3. In 2010, those average ages increased to 43.4 and 41.1 respectively


    • Lloyd Platt & Co, the specialist divorce lawyers in London have seen that in 2010 there were many couples who have considered divorce but delayed it until the financial markets stabilised. As this is yet to happen, those couples considering divorce are now proceeding because the recession is here to stay. Many couples are looking for divorce advice and will base their decision to divorce on whether their finances will permit them to do so.

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