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<p>The LAA is working to ensure it can continue to support the legal support sector,
helping them maintain access to justice to their vulnerable clients. Details of what
financial relief may be available for practitioners facing cashflow problems can be
viewed at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-relief-for-legal-aid-practitioners"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-relief-for-legal-aid-practitioners</a>.</p><p>Timescales
for the payments of civil bills are published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-processing-dates"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-processing-dates</a>, and claims
are currently being considered within three working days of being received. Providers
may request payment ‘on account’ where necessary, subject to any applicable conditions
set out in the relevant contract/regulations, to put them in funds while the billing
assessment process is completed.</p><p>The LAA continues to review what more might
be done to ease both immediate liquidity concerns, and also to consider the potential
impacts of any future losses of income on providers.</p>
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