United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 5539
Legal Aid Scheme: Universal Credit
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6 December 2023
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12 December 2023 · Answer
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12 December 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, published on 22 November 2023, whether the proposal to end access to legal aid for sanctioned Universal Credit claimants (a) relates to (i) criminal and (ii) civil leg
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6 December 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, published on 22 November 2023, whether the proposal to end access to legal aid for sanctioned Universal Credit claimants (a) relates to (i) criminal and (ii) civil leg
Source: Commons
12 December 2023
Answer
The DWP proposals on the Back to Work Plan will not remove access to legal aid for those Universal Credit (UC) claimants who may be sanctioned. Whilst anyone whose UC claim is closed would no longer be passported through the legal aid means test income as...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-06/5539
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1675891
- uk · wq-1675891 · source updated 12 December 2023