Public Bodies: Civil Proceedings — Written Question

Question

Bambos Charalambous

Labour — Southgate and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mass legal claims against publicly funded bodies, such as the Legal Aid Agency, on (a) vulnerable consumers and (b) levels of resource available for frontlin

Answer

Sarah Sackman

Public bodies are expected to identify material risks to vulnerable consumers or levels of resource available for frontline services, including due to any mass legal claims, and are responsible for managing their impact.The Ministry of Justice has a partn...

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