Question follow-through · 120079
Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the cost of legal representation and court proceedings does not prevent individuals from accessing justice; and whether he has made an assessment of the ade
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the cost of legal representation and court proceedings does not prevent individuals from accessing justice; and whether he has made an assessment of the ade
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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16 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to the provision of legal aid, recognising the vital role that it plays in underpinning genuine access to justice.We are considering our approach to eligibility across legal aid, including carefully assessing the impact of the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Probation
25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Probation Service's current workload on processing casework; and what steps his Department is taking to support recruitment and retention, and sta