§ Mr. Palmerasked the Attorney-General the number of cases in which the King's Proctor has intervened successfully and unsuccessfully in each year since 1914.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe information for which my hon. Friend asks is contained in the following table of interventions by the King's Proctor from 1st January, 1914, to 6th May, 1947:
— Total Interventions Successful Interventions Inter Dismissed etc. 1914 … 20 18 2 1915 … 25 25 — 1916 … 37 36 1 1917 … 33 31 2 1918 … 26 25 1 1919 … 67 65 2 1920 … 111 107 4 1921 … 146 143 3 1922 … 68 68 — 1923 … 62 59 3 1924 … 45 43 2 1925 … 36 35 1 1926 … 30 29 1 1927 … 39 38 1 1928 … 55 53 2 1929 … 45 43 2 1930 … 56 53 3 1931 … 42 38 4 1932 … 30 27 3 1933 … 18 16 2 1934 … 27 26 1 1935 … 26 26 — 1936 … 25 24 1 1937 … 21 21 — 1938 … 23 23 — 1939 … 25 21 4 1940 … 13 12 1 1941 … 14 13 1 1942 … 18 18 — 1943 … 15 15 — 1944 … 17 17 — 1945 … 17 17 — 1946 … 13 12 1 TOTALS 1,245 1,197 48 NOTE:—In addition to the above there are 12 current Interventions.