Question follow-through · 45362
Legal Aid Scheme: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to increase provision of legal aid in the south west of England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to increase provision of legal aid in the south west of England.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2025
Answer published
Data regarding the number of civil legal aid providers in Truro and Falmouth is set out in the below table:YearFalmouthTruro2011 82012 42013 82014 62015 62016 52017 92018 10201915202015202115202215202315202416202517 The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsib...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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