§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many individuals have received payments of over £100,000 to their legal costs in each of the last four years and in 1994–95.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe table gives the information requested. For civil legal aid, the figures represent the number of individual legal aid certificates where gross payments, including VAT, have exceeded £100,000. For criminal legal aid, the figures show the numbers of cases where gross payments, including VAT, in excess of £100,000 have been made since it is not always possible to disaggregate payments relating to individuals in cases involving more than one defendant.
Year Civil Criminal Total cases 1990–91 4 90 94 1991–92 22 66 88 1992–93 36 119 155 1993–94 54 172 226 1994 to date 41 112 153