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	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of child custody cases heard in court (a) prior to and (b) since the removal of legal aid for early advice per year.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	131064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into force in April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>A new form of child arrangements order was introduced on 22 April 2014 to replace the former separate contact and residence orders (formerly known as “access” and “custody” respectively).</p><p> </p><p>The number of applications made for a residence order, or a child arrangements order making provision for a child’s residence in England Wales, since 2011 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of private law applications for a residence order or child arrangements order making provision for a child’s residence in England and Wales since 2011</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of applications </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23, 187</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23, 838</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23, 568</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17, 820</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15, 766</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17, 552</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/03/2018 15:33:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

786260

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7534, on legal aid scheme, whether he has looked more widely at the impact of recent policy changes on access to legal aid; and whether his Department will be taking steps to ensure that people in all regions can access legal aid providers.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	111932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>On 30 October, the Lord Chancellor announced the commencement of the post-implementation review of the legal aid changes made by, and following, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. The review will look at the impact of recent policy changes on access to legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency regularly review the capacity of the legal aid market to cope with demand for legal aid and take action where a regional shortfall develops.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/11/2017 16:29:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

757049

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in all regions can access legal aid providers.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	7534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency regularly review the capacity of the legal aid market to cope with demand for legal aid and take urgent action where a regional shortfall develops.</p><p>I also intend to look more widely at the impact of recent policy changes on access to legal aid as part of a forthcoming post-implementation review, on which I hope to say more shortly.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:52:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin