Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 93550
Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Ben Coleman
Labour — Chelsea and Fulham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fee levels for family legal aid are sufficient to maintain a (a) sustainable and (b) geographically accessible network of providers.
Answer
Sarah SackmanIt is vital that those who need legal aid – including some of the most vulnerable people in society - can access it wherever they live.Between January 2023 and March 2025, the Ministry of Justice undertook a comprehensive Review of Civil Legal Aid (RoCLA)...
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