Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 45360

Legal Aid Scheme: Finance

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Government has allocated to legal aid in England and Wales in each financial year since 2010.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
The previous Government left the legal aid system under significant strain following years of neglect. This Government has begun to put legal aid back on a sustainable footing by investing up to £92 million in addition per year by the end of this Parliame...

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