Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 93550

Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Ben Coleman

LabourChelsea 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 Sackman
It 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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