asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of potatoes has been bought by the Potato Marketing Board per year over the past five years; and what quantity will be, or has been, bought this year.

The following table shows the quantities of potatoes contracted for in the past five years under buying programmes operated by the Potato Marketing Board and the approximate quantities disposed of other than for human consumption. A buying programme is not operating for the 1975–76 crop year.years in respect of defendant trial in summary and solemn procedure, respectively.

The information requested, so far as it is available, is as follows:

LEGAL AID, SCOTLAND: CRIMINAL CASES
	Average Payment per Case to Advocates and Solicitors
	High Court of Judiciary		Sheriff Court Solemn Summary
	Advocates	Solicitors	Solicitors	Solicitors
	£	£	£	£
1970–71	112	170	39	85
1971–72	142	177	50	103
1972–73	216	279	59	126
1973–74	137	177	63	168
1974–75	254	299	68	129

Information is not readily available on the average payment to advocates in those

sheriff court solemn and summary cases in which advocates appeared—which is a relatively rare occurrence particularly in summary cases. The total expenditure on advocates' fees in such cases was as follows:

TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON ADVOCATES' FEES IN SHERIFF COURT CASES
	Solemn	Summary
1970–71	564	3,495
1971–72	103	5,984
1972–73	550	6,719
1973–74	654	10,798
1974–75	1,822	13,907

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average payment for each case made to advocates and solicitors, respectively, out of the legal aid funds in each of the last five years in respect of undefended divorces, defended divorces and actions for separation.

The information requested, so far as divorce cases are concerned, is given in the following table:

	Undefended Divorce Cases		Defended Divorce Cases*
	Advocates	Solicitors	Advocates	Solicitors
	£	£	£	£
1970–71	12	66	22	105
1971–72	15	71	29	110
1972–73	16	86	20	107
1973–74	18	95	23	125
1974–75	20	108	32	170
* The figures provided relate to these cases which originated as defended cases and include cases where both parties are legally aided. A proportion of these categories become undefended during the progress of the case.

Corresponding figures for separation cases are not available. The average payments to solicitors for all cases in the sheriff court and the total payments to advocates appearing in sheriff court cases—which is a relatively rare occurrence—in the last three of the years for which details are requested were as follows (figures for earlier years are not available):

SHERIFF COURTS
	Average payment per case to solicitors (all cases)	Total payments to advocates (all cases)
	£	£
1972–73	58	1,412
1973–74	63	1,574
1974–75	69	992