§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department in how many cases the legal aid costs were over £100,000 in(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) so far in 1995–96. [14747]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe information requested is shown in the table. For civil legal aid, the figures represent the number of individual legal aid certificates where gross payments, including VAT, have exceeded £100,000, but exclude multi-party actions. The criminal legal aid figures also include VAT and cover cases in the magistrates' courts and the crown court.
Year Civil Criminal Total cases 1993–94 54 172 226 1994–95 56 237 293 1995 to date 65 178 243