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Legal Aid Scheme: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal aid means test thresholds; and whether he plans to update them.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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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

  1. 11 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal aid means test thresholds; and whether he plans to update them.

  2. 16 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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 ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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