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<p>We greatly value the work of criminal advocates which is why we worked closely
with the Criminal Bar Association and others when designing the new Advocates Graduated
Fees Scheme that was introduced in April.</p><p>In 2016-17, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
made payments to 3,715 self-employed advocates with LAA account numbers registered
in England and Wales, 242 of which were based in Birmingham. This is based on 2016-17
closed case bills from the LAA’s January-March 2016-17 statistics publication:- <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017</a></p>
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