Question follow-through · 21925
Courts and Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) legal aid and (b) criminal courts.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) legal aid and (b) criminal courts.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2025
Answer published
This Government inherited a justice system under enormous strain and a legal aid system facing significant challenges, but we have already started to rebuild the system. On criminal legal aid, in November 2024 we announced our response to the Crime Lower ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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