Question follow-through · 10271
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the eligibility criteria for legal aid.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the eligibility criteria for legal aid.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government fully recognises that access to legal aid is central to helping those individuals who are unable to afford legal services to resolve their legal issues – provided it is in scope and meets the merits test. We are giving careful consideratio...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Coroners and Forensic Science: Finance
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that there is adequate (a) funding and (b) support for (i) forensic investigation teams and (ii) coroner services to help minimise delays.
Repossession Orders: Anti-social Behaviour
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce court delays in relation to hearings for possession orders for anti-social behaviour.