§ Mr. SternTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what target his Department has set for reducing the rate of growth in the unit cost of legal aid cases.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe rapid rise in the unit cost of legal aid cases in recent years is a major cause for concern. Reducing the rate of growth in unit cost is one of my Department's top priorities. Our target is to contain the unit cost growth in legal aid remuneration so that by March 1996 it does not exceed the rate of inflation.