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171307

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date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the prescribed time period of evidence relating to legal aid funding of domestic violence cases refers to the time of the first application or the evidence of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations set out that once a legal aid certificate is granted, subsequent applications for either a new form of civil legal services or for new proceedings to be added to a certificate, and for which a new determination is being sought, will require further evidence to be provided.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is absolutely clear that victims of domestic violence should get legal aid where it is needed to help break free from the abusive relationship. Since the reforms were introduced last year thousands of people have successfully applied for legal aid where domestic violence is involved.</p><p> </p><p>The 24 month time limit for evidence does not exclude victims where the abuse occurred over two years ago. The time limit relates to the date the evidence was obtained, not the date of the abuse itself. Some forms of evidence can be obtained several months or even years after the abuse has been experienced.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:23:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171310

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions the Legal Aid Agency has had with the legal profession on the 24 month prescribed time period for evidence relating to legal aid funding of domestic violence cases.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA, frequently with the MoJ, meets regularly with the representative bodies of the legal profession, and has discussed the 24 month prescribed time period for evidence with them.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is absolutely clear that victims of domestic violence should get legal aid where it is needed to help break free from the abusive relationship. We want to ensure the reform works in practice, and have listened carefully to any concerns raised in meetings with legal practitioners, women’s groups and professional organisations with a role in providing the evidence required. As a direct result of these conversations we have twice made changes so it is easier to get the evidence needed to prove domestic violence and so claim legal aid.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:44:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

171314

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times legal aid funding in ongoing domestic violence cases has ceased because the Legal Aid Agency ruled that evidence is outside of the prescribed time period since 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	219187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA does not record this information.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:02:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan