HC Deb 25 February 1994 vol 238 cc445-6W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the hourly rate for work carried out under the civil legal aid scheme in England and Wales for(a) advocacy and (b) non-advocacy, chambers work; and what provision there is for uplift to be applied in the hourly rates of remuneration in England and Wales under the legal aid system in operation.

Mr. John M. Taylor

There are a variety of prescribed rates which are contained in the regulations set out in the table. The regulations also provide for the circumstances where an uplift may be granted and the amount by which the prescribed rate may be uplifted. Where the prescribed rates do not apply the rates allowable are at the discretion of the taxing authority.

Stautory Instrument number and Title

  • 1991/2038
  • The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991 (as amended SI 1994/230)
  • 1994/228
  • The Legal Aid in Civil Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1994.

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