Question follow-through · 20046
Employment Tribunal Service: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to Legal Aid for discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to Legal Aid for discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
Legal aid is available for legal advice and assistance in relation to discrimination cases which fall under the Equality Act 2010 or previous discrimination legislation, subject to passing the means and merits tests. Legal aid for other employment matters...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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