Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 45277

Legal Aid Scheme: Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 8 April 2025

Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing legal aid for people who entered the UK illegally.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

Determinations of eligibility for legal aid are made in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and regulations made under that Act, passed under the previous government.Under the current regime, the...

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