HC Deb 08 February 1993 vol 218 c509W
Mr. Chisholm

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland by how much gross expenditure on civil legal aid increased between 1987–88 and 1991–92.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Gross expenditure on civil legal aid in 1987–88 was £15.697 million. The figure for 1991–92 was £16.581 million. Projected expenditure in 1992–93 is £23.5 million.