§ Mr. David Walderasked the Attorney-General what was the number of legal causes or matters in which the Official Solicitor has intervened in the last 12 months, and their nature, by categories.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe latest figures available are for the year 1971. The Official Solicitor was concerned in a total of 16,762 cases details of which, as published in the Civil Judicial Statistics, are as follows:
Class of Case Total Receivership (Section 105 Mental Health Act, 1959) 4,306 General Litigation 459 Wardship Cases 270 Bail Applications 10,186 Adoptions 62 Contempt 186 Official References 35 Matrimonial Causes 1,258