Question follow-through · 70531
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to legal aid.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to legal aid.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
This Government is delivering significant fee uplifts to legal aid, with the first civil fee increases in almost 30 years and up to £92 million extra each year for criminal legal aid. This will support a more stable and sustainable legal aid sector, helpi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Probate: Recruitment
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to recruit more specialist examiners in HM Courts and Tribunal Service.
Probate: Standards
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve HM Courts and Tribunal Service response times in cases which require referral for expert probate examination.