Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67451

Legal Aid Scheme: Expenditure

Tabled: 14 July 2025

Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of legal aid in each of the last five years.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

Legal aid expenditure since 2010 is published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s official statistics. The most recent publication can be viewed here [see table 1.0] and includes expenditure up to 31 March 2025.Information about legal aid expenditure in res...

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