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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-03-11more like thismore than 2016-03-11
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisoners: Legal Aid Scheme remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in legal aid was granted to prison inmates in England and Wales in each of the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Wakefield more like this
tabling member printed
Mary Creagh remove filter
uin 30825 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-03-16more like thismore than 2016-03-16
answer text <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> more like this
answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara more like this
grouped question UIN 30827 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-03-16T11:37:41.037Zmore like thismore than 2016-03-16T11:37:41.037Z
answering member
1496
label Biography information for Shailesh Vara more like this
tabling member
1579
label Biography information for Mary Creagh more like this