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1175240

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that aspiring solicitors from low-income households have access to the funds necessary to complete the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, alongside any associated preparation or training courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal services sector in England and Wales is independent of Government, and as such, the Government does not have a role in setting or approving the framework for admission into the legal profession.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved a rule change application made by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This application laid out a framework upon which the SRA could seek to introduce new requirements for trainee solicitors to pass a centralised Solicitors Qualifying Exam before being admitted into the profession. However, the application only established the framework. The SRA will need to submit another rule change application to LSB in order to implement it.</p><p> </p><p>In its March 2018 decision notice, the LSB set out the substantive issues that it had not been able to fully assess and would need to evaluate before it approved any further application from the SRA seeking to implementing the framework. This included assessing the full costs of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and accessibility of assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL716 question first answered 05/02/2020 12:55:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1175237

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible impact of the closure of the Professional and Career Development Loans scheme on those from low-income households seeking to qualify as solicitors through the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, due to be introduced in 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The legal services sector in England and Wales is independent of Government, and as such, the Government does not have a role in setting or approving the framework for admission into the legal profession.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved a rule change application made by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This application laid out a framework upon which the SRA could seek to introduce new requirements for trainee solicitors to pass a centralised Solicitors Qualifying Exam before being admitted into the profession. However, the application only established the framework. The SRA will need to submit another rule change application to LSB in order to implement it.</p><p> </p><p>In its March 2018 decision notice, the LSB set out the substantive issues that it had not been able to fully assess and would need to evaluate before it approved any further application from the SRA seeking to implementing the framework. This included assessing the full costs of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and accessibility of assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL717 question first answered 05/02/2020 12:55:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1167557

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the solicitor profession remains accessible to all applicants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales is independent from government. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is responsible for authorising, and setting the qualifications standards for, solicitors in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Legal Education and Training Review, the Legal Services Board issued statutory guidance on regulatory arrangements for education and training in 2014, and all the legal services regulators reviewed their arrangements. Subject to the approval of the Legal Services Board, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is planning to introduce a new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) from September 2021. It is hoped that the flexibility and projected lower costs of the SQE will help attract a more diverse range of candidates.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/11/2019 13:03:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey