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UIN 26887

Legal Aid Scheme: Fees and Charges

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28 June 2022

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14 July 2022 · Answer

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14 July 2022

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proposed 15 per cent increase in legal aid fees in the context of how remuneration from those fees for junior barristers compares with minimum wage.

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  1. 28 June 2022

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proposed 15 per cent increase in legal aid fees in the context of how remuneration from those fees for junior barristers compares with minimum wage.

    Source: Commons

  2. 14 July 2022

    Answer

    We are introducing a 15% uplift across most fee schemes in line with the recommendations made in the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review. This, alongside longer-term reforms, will increase spend by £135m a year – alongside our investment in court recove...

    Source: Written answer

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