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registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to consult specialist bereavement organisations on Government policy to support bereaved families in seeking legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	194118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of its review of legal aid for inquests, over the summer my Department carried out a call for evidence exercise, conducted surveys of key stakeholders, and officials met bereaved people as well as groups which represent their interests.</p><p>The Department is now considering the responses and other feedback. Any significant changes to policy will be presented in a public consultation as part of the final report, in which anyone interested in this issue including members of the public and specialist bereavement organisations will be invited to respond to this consultation exercise. We intend to publish the final report by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/11/2018 15:53:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1006936

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have used legal aid to fund their legal case in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	191279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not track expenditure by the person/s involved. Our data is indexed by individual grants of funding. One individual may receive multiple grants of funding over the course of their life, and one legal aid certificate may cover more than one legal case.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ regularly publishes statistical data which includes volumes of successful applications for legal aid funding. The most recent published information is recorded here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-april-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-april-to-june-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Mapping this information to specific individuals or legal cases would only be possible at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:40:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1007167

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers there were in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	191365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>LAA Regional Office</p></td><td><p>31st March 2010</p></td><td><p>31st March 2011</p></td><td><p>31st March 2012</p></td><td><p>31st March 2013</p></td><td><p>31st March 2014</p></td><td><p>31st March 2015</p></td><td><p>31st March 2016</p></td><td><p>31st March 2017</p></td><td><p>31st March 2018</p></td><td><p>31st October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>939</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p>937</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>864</p></td><td><p>805</p></td><td><p>811</p></td><td><p>841</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,485</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,787</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,469</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,391</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,143</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,941</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,708</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,736</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,740</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2018 11:45:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 85844 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1001990

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether members of the legal profession and the judiciary were (a) consulted as part of the review of the (i) civil legal aid means test threshold in 2008 and (ii) criminal legal aid means test threshold in 2009 and (b) consulted when the government has evaluated the legal aid means test thresholds since those dates.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	188144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There was no formal consultation with members of the legal profession or the Judiciary as part of the review of the civil legal aid means test threshold in 2009 and the criminal legal aid means test threshold in 2008 or subsequently.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the changes made to legal aid as part of the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 and have engaged with over 80 organisations as part of the evidence gathering process. We will use all the evidence we receive as part of our wider work to establish how best we can empower people to resolve their problems in a modern justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:03:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1001991

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to the Ministry of Justice budget of the increased number of litigants in person as a result of the means test threshold not being uprated in line with inflation in (a) civil legal aid since 2008 and (b) criminal legal aid since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	188145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the changes made to legal aid as part of the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 and have engaged with over 80 organisations as part of the evidence gathering process. We will use all the evidence we receive as part of our wider work to establish how best we can empower people to resolve their problems in a modern justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Unrepresented parties have always been a feature of the civil and family justice system. Since 2015, the Government has invested £5 million of funding to support litigants in person through a range of measures designed to provide additional information, support and guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 17:00:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous