§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what costs have been incurred in each of the last 10 years in respect of the printing and publishing of(a) civil legal aid forms and (b) criminal legal aid forms, encompassing forms used for the purposes of making applications for legal aid, and also those forms used by solicitors for the purposes of submitting accounts.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is not available.
Table 1 Persons assisted—accounts paid year 1(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) 1978–79 28,490 5,839 12,701 90,714 — 2704 1979–80 35,923 7,769 13,260 83,824 — 2796 1980–81 39,632 9,456 16,914 85,135 — 2955 1981–82 44,519 13,902 18,656 90,937 — 897 1982–83 44,481 15,655 20,420 99,102 — 871 1983–84 64,906 21,234 21,859 90,212 — 880 1984–85 52,266 18,954 19,549 96,004 — 956 1985–86 61,233 22,205 18,657 105,667 — 990 1986–87 76,120 28,125 23,009 105,038 — 1,157 1987–88 79,527 34,392 21,902 91,759 7,742 1,101 1 Does not include cases when the amount of the contribution was sufficient to meet the solicitors account or the account was met out of money recovered for the client or was included in the account for subsequent civil proceedings. 2 Certificates issued.
Table 2 Cost of Legal Aid Year (a) £"000 (b) £"000 (c) £"000 (d) £"000 (e) £"000 (f) £"000 Total £"000 1978–79 778 117 1,970 4,303 — 53 7,221 1979–80 1,165 175 2,461 5,741 — 81 9,623 1980–81 1,460 228 4,749 8,549 — 101 15,087 1981–82 2,022 456 6,975 11,650 — 142 21,245 1982–83 2,194 512 9,849 16,834 — 210 29,599 1983–84 3,184 661 10,877 18,015 — 227 32,964 1984–85 2,601 606 8,853 19,623 — 246 31,929 1985–86 3,144 723 10,293 24,001 — 271 38,432 1986–87 4,268 985 11,207 27,311 — 369 44,140 1987–88 4,494 911 11,197 25,766 539 319 43,226