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<p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does
not identify or record in its databases whether civil legal aid applicants are prisoners
as this does not affect eligibility for legal aid funding.</p><p>Information on how
much in legal aid was granted to prison inmates within the prison law category of
criminal legal aid in each of the last five years is published by the Ministry of
Justice as part of the Legal aid statistics at the following link on the gov.uk website.</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a></p>
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