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1293672

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date	01/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance were made by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	160788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>Information on the total number requests for this type of legal assistance is not held. Such assistance when provided by legal aid is funded under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme, where the decision on whether or not to grant funding is taken by the legal aid provider, and hence refusals are not reported to the Legal Aid Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the number of grants in a particular time period for this type of legal aid not available, as this is not broken down to the level of detail required until a claim for payment is submitted.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 160789 160790 question first answered 09/03/2021 16:39:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1293673

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were made for legal assistance by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in the UK by type (a) regular procedure, (b) accelerated procedure, (c) border procedure and (d) Dublin procedure in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	160789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>Information on the total number requests for this type of legal assistance is not held. Such assistance when provided by legal aid is funded under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme, where the decision on whether or not to grant funding is taken by the legal aid provider, and hence refusals are not reported to the Legal Aid Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the number of grants in a particular time period for this type of legal aid not available, as this is not broken down to the level of detail required until a claim for payment is submitted.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 160788 160790 question first answered 09/03/2021 16:39:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1293675

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance by asylum applicants during first instance procedure resulted in a grant of legal assistance in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	160790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>Information on the total number requests for this type of legal assistance is not held. Such assistance when provided by legal aid is funded under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme, where the decision on whether or not to grant funding is taken by the legal aid provider, and hence refusals are not reported to the Legal Aid Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the number of grants in a particular time period for this type of legal aid not available, as this is not broken down to the level of detail required until a claim for payment is submitted.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 160788 160789 question first answered 09/03/2021 16:39:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1203897

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Proceedings: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has been made of the implications for his policies of the Family Mediation Council's proposals entitled Covid-19 and the Family Justice System – Meeting the Challenge: Potential Contributions by the Family Mediation Profession, published 6 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	59611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>We have been in regular communication with the Family Mediation Council throughout the Covid-19 response and welcome the chance to work closely with the sector during this time. We know that now is a particularly difficult time for families, as relationships are placed under intense pressures, and we are committed to championing mediation as a suitable option for many of these families. My officials are currently reviewing the proposals in detail and will be in touch with the Family Mediation Council to discuss further shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/06/2020 16:32:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1196129

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will restore access to legal aid for asylum seekers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	47444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>Legal aid is and will continue to be available for asylum cases in the UK, including for initial applications, accommodation claims for asylum support and appeals. All legal aid applications are subject to statutory eligibility tests.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/05/2020 15:12:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan