Divorce Cases Awarded Shared Care and Control of Children

33 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development for each of the years from 2015 to date, what is the respective breakdown of the number and percentage of divorce cases where shared care and control of the children is awarded.

Mr Desmond Lee: There were 119 and 161 divorce cases where shared care and control was awarded in 2015 and 2016¹ respectively, which were 3% and 4.1% of the total number of divorces with care and control orders made for the respective years².