HC Deb 22 February 1991 vol 186 cc291-2W
Mr. Alton

To ask the Attorney-General what plans he has to make an annual publication of the funding, payments on account, and the hourly rates paid to solicitors by the Legal Aid Board.

The Attorney-General

Details of payments made by the Legal Aid Board including details of payments made on

Gross value added per employee in manufacturing industry by standard region of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1988
North Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East South West
Orders III—XIX, Standard Industrial Classification (1968)1
1976 5,607 4,994 4,886 5,470 5,655 5,070
1977 6,206 5,719 5,464 6,432 6,667 5,746
197,8 7,017 6,391 6,202 7,001 7,555 6,665
1979 8,343 7,634 6,911 8,227 9,236 7,852
Divisions 2–4, Standard Industrial Classification (1980)1
1979 8,030 7,305 6,934 8,277 8,660 7,943
1980 8,941 8,031 7,906 9,551 9,760 9,182
1981 10,631 9,191 8,775 10,629 10,976 10,326
1982 11,091 10,265 9,944 12,749 12,373 12,041
1983 13,688 11,855 11,100 13,865 14,166 12,935
1984 15,544 12,933 12,172 14,968 15,155 14,282
1985 16,521 13,991 13,479 16,240 16,694 15,370

account to solicitors appear in the annual report of the Legal Aid Board. The most recent report (HC 489) for the year 1989–90 appeared in June 1990.

Details of the remuneration rates payable to solicitors appeared most recently in the legal aid handbook 1990 which is also prepared by the Legal Aid Board.