Information about the volumes of people granted legal aid in welfare benefits cases is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics<\/a>. The latest figures (to September 2018) of Legal Help matter starts (from table 5.1) and Civil Representation granted certificates (from table 6.2) in welfare benefits cases are outlined in the below table.<\/p> <\/p>
Year<\/p><\/td> | Legal Help Matter Starts<\/p><\/td> | Civil Representation Granted Certificates<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2008-09<\/p><\/td> | 135,751<\/p><\/td> | 51<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2009-10<\/p><\/td> | 141,625<\/p><\/td> | 53<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2010-11<\/p><\/td> | 116,081<\/p><\/td> | 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 102,920<\/p><\/td> | 22<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 82,554<\/p><\/td> | 16<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 163<\/p><\/td> | 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2014-15<\/p><\/td> | 505<\/p><\/td> | 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2015-16<\/p><\/td> | 250<\/p><\/td> | 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2016-17<\/p><\/td> | 442<\/p><\/td> | 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2017-18<\/p><\/td> | 443<\/p><\/td> | 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The MoJ has spent several months conducting a wide-ranging review of the reforms to legal aid and engaged with more than 100 organisations and individuals as part of the evidence-gathering phase.<\/p> <\/p> Having finalised this engagement at the end of November, the review is now near completion and will be published shortly.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4517", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Frazer"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lucy Frazer"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-15T17:54:42.6Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Security Benefits: Appeals"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been granted legal aid in welfare cases in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "207160"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/89883", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/89883/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Atos Healthcare has an Assessment Centre in Gloucester undertaking ESA/IBR assessments for those claimants living in Gloucestershire.<\/p> <\/p> Whilst there are a small number of medically qualified personnel permanently based at Gloucester Assessment Centre, other medically qualified personnel also regularly complete assessments at this site.<\/p> <\/p> The number of medically qualified personnel undertaking ESA / IBR assessments at Gloucester Assessment Centre in each of the last five years is as follows:-<\/p> <\/p> Sept 09 to Aug 10 - 24<\/p> <\/p> Sept 10 to Aug 11 \u2013 41<\/p> <\/p> Sept 11 to Aug 12 \u2013 24<\/p> <\/p> Sept 12 to Aug 13 \u2013 25<\/p> <\/p> Sept 13 to Aug 14 \u2013 16<\/p> <\/p> The reason the number of medically qualified personnel undertaking ESA/IBR assessments at Gloucester Assessment Centre in each of the last five years has reduced is due to there now being a regular team of 4 practitioners based in Gloucester, which has meant fewer practitioners travelling from other Centres to conduct assessments in Gloucester.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1520", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Mark Harper"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Forest of Dean"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Mark Harper"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-05T13:55:17.045811Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-08-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Atos Healthcare: Gloucestershire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many medically qualified staff have been employed by Atos in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Gloucester in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3990", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Graham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gloucester"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Graham"} ], "uin" : "207160"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} } |