Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67457
Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was for legal aid for cases in relation to immigration offences in each of the last five years.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe requested information relating to legal aid expenditure in respect of specific criminal offences could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.