Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 14768

Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Luke Akehurst

LabourNorth 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 Alexander
This 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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