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Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that legal aid is available to people using the family courts who have been subject to (a) financial control and (b) domestic abuse.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
25 Jul 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that legal aid is available to people using the family courts who have been subject to (a) financial control and (b) domestic abuse.

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to supporting victims of domestic abuse.In private family proceedings, legal aid is available for child arrangements, financial remedy proceedings and divorce for domestic abuse victims, including those subjected to economic ab...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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