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<p>Information about the volumes of people granted legal aid in welfare benefits cases
is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>.
The latest figures (to September 2018) of Legal Help matter starts (from table 5.1)
and Civil Representation granted certificates (from table 6.2) in welfare benefits
cases are outlined in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Legal
Help Matter Starts</p></td><td><p>Civil Representation Granted Certificates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>135,751</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>141,625</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>116,081</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>102,920</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82,554</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has spent several months conducting a wide-ranging
review of the reforms to legal aid and engaged with more than 100 organisations and
individuals as part of the evidence-gathering phase.</p><p> </p><p>Having finalised
this engagement at the end of November, the review is now near completion and will
be published shortly.</p>
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