Question follow-through · 77677
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to increase legal aid rates.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Solicitors Regulation Authority · 5 Nov 2025
- Legal Aid Scheme: Fees and Charges · 5 Nov 2025
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to increase legal aid rates.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2025
Answer published
We have confirmed we will be uplifting housing and immigration legal aid fees. Overall spending in these categories will increase by 24% for housing work and 30% for immigration work. This represents a significant investment – the first since 1996 – resul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Solicitors Regulation Authority
5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on steps to help reduce investigation times by the SRA.
Legal Aid Scheme: Fees and Charges
5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to increase legal aid fees.