United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 35563
Legal Aid Scheme: Special Guardianship Orders
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19 July 2021
Last action
22 July 2021 · Answer
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22 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for legal aid for (a) special guardians and (b) prospective special guardians, including the removal of means
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19 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for legal aid for (a) special guardians and (b) prospective special guardians, including the removal of means
Source: Commons
22 July 2021
Answer
In February 2019 as part of the Legal Support Action Plan, we committed to bringing special guardianship orders into scope of legal aid.Although work was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic response, we are intending to look into the role of special guar...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-19/35563
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1348197
- uk · wq-1348197 · source updated 22 July 2021