United Kingdom · Question · Written question
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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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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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
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-28/26887
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1484362
- uk · wq-1484362 · source updated 14 July 2022