asked the Attorney-General in how many cases in each of the last five years heard by the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court legal aid was granted to (a) the appellant or applicant and (b) the respondent; and in how many cases legal aid was refused.

The numbers of legal aid certificates issued for these proceedings were:

	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75
(a) Appellants and applicants	91	78	82
(b) Respondents	30	17	21

Information is not available as to the grant of legal aid for these proceedings in earlier years, nor as to the number of cases in which legal aid was refused.