Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 77882

Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Anna Dixon

LabourShipley

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing payment rates for legal aid in family law cases, in the context of his Department's decision to uplift the rates paid for all housing and immigr

Answer

Sarah Sackman
This Government is committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of civil legal aid, including family legal aid, and we are keen to work closely with practitioners and their representative bodies to look at how best we can address this.Between Januar...

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