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Legal Aid Scheme: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legal aid provision.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
21 Mar 2025
Target answer date
25 Mar 2025
Answer
31 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legal aid provision.

  2. 25 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    This Government has inherited a justice system in crisis, and the previous administration left the legal aid sector is under significant strain. We are committed to restoring our justice system and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the legal aid se...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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