Question follow-through · 109663
Duty Solicitors: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of duty solicitors available in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of duty solicitors available in rural areas.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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6 Feb 2026
Answer published
It is vital that those who need legal aid can access it wherever they live in the UK.The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning duty solicitor services and the day-to-day administration of the court and police station duty schemes. This i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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