HC Deb 08 March 1993 vol 220 cc377-8W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will be issuing guidelines to local authorities on street collections from 1 September.

Mr. Boateng

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department to whom the leaflet, "Legal Aid —How it works" produced by the Lord Chancellor's Department, was distributed.

Mr. John M. Taylor

Individual copies of the booklet were sent to legal journalists and to peers and Members of Parliament. Since publication in December 1992 copies have been supplied on demand to the Legal Aid Board, the Law Society, individual solicitors, branches of NACAB and members of the public.

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what proportion of the legal aid bill is accounted for by(a) solicitors' fees and (b) barristers' fees for each of the last five years.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The proportion of legal aid expenditure accounted for by solicitors' and barristers' fees for each of the last five years was as follows—

Mr. Jack

The current legislation governing street collections—the Police, Factories etc (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 and the Charitable Collections (Transitional Provisions) Order 1974—will remain in force until replaced by the new provisions in part III of the Charities Act 1992.

The date for commencement of these provisions has not yet been finally settled, although we hope to make an announcement shortly. There will be full consultation on the new regulations before they are brought into force.