Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 14768
Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024
Question
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal aid provision in cases relating to disputes in the benefits system.
Answer
Heidi AlexanderThis Government inherited a legal aid system facing significant challenges. The Ministry of Justice has recently undertaken a lengthy, evidence-based, and wholesale review of the operation of civil legal aid across all eleven categories of civil legal aid...
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