United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 24332
Legal Aid Scheme: Wales
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30 April 2024
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9 May 2024 · Answer
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9 May 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people without the means to pay are able to access legal (a) advice and (b) representation for social welfare matters in Wales.
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30 April 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people without the means to pay are able to access legal (a) advice and (b) representation for social welfare matters in Wales.
Source: Commons
9 May 2024
Answer
In the last financial year, we spent approximately £1 billion on civil legal aid to support the most vulnerable.We have injected £10 million a year into housing legal aid through the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS). Since the launch of HLPA...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-30/24332
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1715005
- uk · wq-1715005 · source updated 9 May 2024