United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL10222
Legal Aid Scheme: Rented Housing
Introduced
11 November 2020
Last action
25 November 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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Housing
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25 November 2020
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that legal aid is made available in cases where discrimination is alleged on the grounds of a landlord or letting agency not accepting a tenant on housing or other benefit; and what mechanisms
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11 November 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that legal aid is made available in cases where discrimination is alleged on the grounds of a landlord or letting agency not accepting a tenant on housing or other benefit; and what mechanisms
Source: Lords
25 November 2020
Answer
The scope of legal aid is set out under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. In discrimination cases, legal aid is in scope where there is a breach of the Equality Act 2010, subject to means and merits tests. Legal aid is also a...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-11/HL10222
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1251101
- uk · wq-1251101 · source updated 25 November 2020