Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 122802

Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration

Tabled: 23 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid funding has been provided to appellants in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in each year since 2020, broken down by (a) ethnicity, and (b) nationality of the appellant.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

Legal aid expenditure in respect of cases before the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) broken down by ethnicity is set out in the annexed table. Data is self-reported to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) by applicants or their legal aid solicitor, it ...

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