United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 201693
Police Stations: Solicitors
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13 October 2023
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23 October 2023 · Answer
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23 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in the number of duty solicitors at police stations since 2017 on access to justice; and if he will take steps to increase the number of duty
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13 October 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in the number of duty solicitors at police stations since 2017 on access to justice; and if he will take steps to increase the number of duty
Source: Commons
23 October 2023
Answer
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is satisfied that there continues to be sufficient duty solicitor coverage on the duty schemes operating across England and Wales. Provision under the duty schemes is demand led and so there may be variations in numbers across e...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201693
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1663840
- uk · wq-1663840 · source updated 23 October 2023