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<p>Figures presented are taken from published legal aid statistics or more detailed
breakdowns where necessary. The age groupings provided are taken from the statistical
reporting currently produced and are the latest figures available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
1: Age of client for Legal Help and Civil Representation covering family, immigration
and social welfare outcomes, 2010/11 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age Band</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Family</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Social
Welfare</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>18
and under</p></td><td><p>24,035</p></td><td><p>13,192</p></td><td><p>3,716</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,027</p></td><td><p>28,320</p></td><td><p>39,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18
and under</p></td><td><p>27,431</p></td><td><p>8,222</p></td><td><p>3,075</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>61,181</p></td><td><p>18,141</p></td><td><p>33,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>18
and under</p></td><td><p>30,227</p></td><td><p>5,252</p></td><td><p>2,567</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>57,143</p></td><td><p>14,818</p></td><td><p>26,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>18
and under</p></td><td><p>36,703</p></td><td><p>4,159</p></td><td><p>1,477</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>19-25</p></td><td><p>44,561</p></td><td><p>11,812</p></td><td><p>11,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Figures covering prison law outcomes are not available from the administrative
system as applicant dates of birth are not systematically recorded against Legal Aid
cases.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Age of client in all legal aid scheme outcomes
for 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18
and under</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19-25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>97,078</p></td><td><p>244,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>92,965</p></td><td><p>204,641</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The full official published statistics are available since 2012/13 and can
be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322449/clients.csv</a>.
Corresponding figures for 2011/12 are not available across all areas of law.</p><p>These
published figures suppress values where low volumes may allow identification of the
client alongside further attributes released in the same data extract including ethnicity,
gender and disability status.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on Exceptional
Case Funding applicants is supplied in the table below:</p><p><strong>Table 3: Age
of applicant ECF Oct 2013 to Sep 2014</strong></p><p /> <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 to 24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct
2013 to Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014
to Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please
note: Age data for Exceptional Case Funding applicants was collected from October
2013 onwards. The latest available published data is to September 2014 and the figures
supplied show each individual applicant only once.</p>
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