Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 42735
Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase access to legal aid for people entering the asylum process.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe Ministry of Justice has undertaken a comprehensive review of civil legal aid and recently concluded a consultation on uplifts to housing & debt and immigration & asylum legal aid fees, which when implemented, would inject an additional £20 mil...
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