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<p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular
basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for
the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local
contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by
the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the
LAA holds with those organisations. The number of solicitor offices providing legal
aid in the areas you have enquired about has remained broadly static over the last
several financial years, with the number of claims submitted exhibiting a moderate
year-on-year reduction.</p>
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