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<p>A Ministry of Justice study published in 2011 (based on 2008 estimates) showed
that England and Wales had the highest legal aid expenditure amongst countries with
similar legal and judicial traditions.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission for the
Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) publishes a biennial report “European judicial systems:
efficiency and quality of justice” which contains the comparative per capita levels
of legal aid spending. The Department contributes data to these reports and the most
recent, published in 2014 using 2012 data, can be found at: www.coe.int/t/dghl/cooperation/cepej/evaluation/2014/Rapport_2014_en.pdf</p><p>
</p><p>This report shows that England and Wales has the third highest allocated budget
to legal aid (after Norway and N.Ireland) per inhabitant at <del class="ministerial">€41.55</del>
<ins class="ministerial">£33.74 </ins>per head. The European average is <del class="ministerial">€8.63</del>
<ins class="ministerial">£7.01 </ins>per head.</p><p /> <p><ins class="ministerial">The
Sterling figures provided in this answer were calculated from the Euro figures in
the CEPEJ report, using the conversion date of 01/01/2013 as used in the CEPEJ report.
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