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	date	01/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of welfare cases involving disability benefits which were granted legal aid in each year since 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	130690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Legal help disability related welfare benefits completed matters</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>29,801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>26,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>6,892</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>308</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Volumes are based on the period in which providers submit claims for work completed; information is not held at this level of detail for matter starts.</p><p>It should be noted that the figures provided in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 relate to disability living allowance and also attendance allowance matters. We are unable to specify how many of these matters relate solely to disability living allowance cases. The volumes provided from 2013-2014 onwards relate to disability living allowance/attendance allowance and personal independence payments claims. It is not possible to report on civil representation certificates granted.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/03/2018 14:24:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

852693

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many welfare cases were granted legal aid in each year since 2011-12; and how many of those cases involved a challenge to a decision to remove an entitlement to benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	130688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of welfare cases granted legal aid is published in the National Statistics on legal aid in England and Wales, at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017</a> (table 5.1 and table 6.2). Note that it is not possible to report on how many of these cases involved a challenge to remove an entitlement to benefits, as this level of detail is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/03/2018 14:22:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero