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Mr. Palmer
asked 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-General
The 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 | |