§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the average increases in the cost of school text books, exercise books, and pencils, respectively, in 1952; and what were the comparable figures for each of the last six years.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe many different exercise books and text books in use vary considerably in size and, therefore, in price. I do not receive returns of the prices paid by education authorities for such articles, but I have obtained information about the prices paid by one education authority for exercise books, pencils and infant reading books during the five years up to the present time and I have set this out in the following table.
Crown was a party which were heard in the High Court during each of the years since 1945 is as follows:
1946 … … … … 170 1947 … … … … 232 1948 … … … … 175 1949 … … … … 250 1950 … … … … 277 1951 … … … … 340 1952 … … … … 413 The figures for 1946 and 1947, before the Crown Proceedings Act, 1947, came into force, include cases in which the Crown was standing behind a nominal defendant.