United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 617
Legal Aid Scheme: Low Incomes
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11 February 2020
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25 February 2020 · Answer
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25 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated to ensure access to free legal support for people on low incomes in (a) Liverpool West Derby constituency and (b) the UK.
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11 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated to ensure access to free legal support for people on low incomes in (a) Liverpool West Derby constituency and (b) the UK.
Source: Commons
25 February 2020
Answer
The Lord Chancellor has a duty to ensure that legal aid is made available in accordance with the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (2012) and last year the Government spent £1.7bn on legal aid.Legal aid can help meet the costs of legal...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-11/617
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1177633
- uk · wq-1177633 · source updated 25 February 2020