United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 21146
Legal Aid Scheme: Hearing Impairment and Speech and Language Disorders
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20 June 2022
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28 June 2022 · Answer
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28 June 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the number of people with hearing impairments or difficulties with speech who are eligible for access to means-tested civil legal aid.
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20 June 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the number of people with hearing impairments or difficulties with speech who are eligible for access to means-tested civil legal aid.
Source: Commons
28 June 2022
Answer
Any individual can access civil legal aid if they meet the eligibility criteria: their issue must be in scope, as set out under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), and they must satisfy means and merits tests. As eligib...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-20/21146
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1471765
- uk · wq-1471765 · source updated 28 June 2022