Question follow-through · 122804

Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers have represented appellants in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in each year since 2020.

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 23 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2026
Answer: 26 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers have represented appellants in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in each year since 2020.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2026
Answer published
Information about the number of distinct provider offices completing at least one case in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) in each financial year since 2020 can be found in the table below:Financial Years Number of provider offices 2020-21...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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