United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 44790
Carers: Legal Aid Scheme and Respite Care
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7 April 2025
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22 April 2025 · Answer
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22 April 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on reviewing the eligibility of unpaid carers for (a) legal aid and (b) advocacy; and what assessment he has made of the potentia
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7 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on reviewing the eligibility of unpaid carers for (a) legal aid and (b) advocacy; and what assessment he has made of the potentia
Source: Commons
22 April 2025
Answer
To be eligible for legal aid, which includes advice, assistance, and advocacy, where applicable, generally an applicant’s legal matter must be in scope for legal aid, and they must pass both a merits and a means test. The merits test, for civil legal aid,...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-07/44790
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1793091
- uk · wq-1793091 · source updated 22 April 2025