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<p>The Ministry of Justice is aware that there have been instances of crowdfunding
to cover the cost of legal representation at inquest proceedings, for example at the
inquests into the deaths of those who died in the Birmingham pub bombings and the
inquests of the victims of Stephen Port, but the Department does not routinely collect
information on instances of crowdfunding.</p><p>We are currently undertaking a review
of the provision of legal aid for inquests, due to be published by the end of the
year alongside the wider review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders
Act 2012.</p>
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