§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the 20 firms earning most from civil and criminal legal aid for the year to 31 March 1996; and if he will indicate the number of fee earners per firm and the fees per fee earner. [15356]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information on payments to firms in respect of advice and assistance and civil and criminal legal aid is set out in the table and includes outlays, payments to advocates and VAT. Information on the number of fee earners and fees per fee earner is not available.
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Rank order Advice and assistance £ Civil £ Criminal £ Total £ Blair and Bryden 5 357,405 367,440 655,725 1,380,570 Gordon Thomson and Co. 6 303,231 34,184 985,998 1,323,413 George Mathers and Co. 7 269,343 132,117 870,109 1,271,569 Drummond Miller 8 240,517 923,995 106,510 1,271,022' Gilfedder and McInnes 9 146,295 0 1,078,586 1,233,881 Gallen and Co. 10 236,680 148,411 847,881 1,232,972 Grady and Co. 11 111,699 0 1,049,307 1,161,006 Adams 12 67,963 0 1,038,048 1,106,011 Robert Kerr 13 95,979 0 985,573 1,081,552 McKay and Norwell 14 139,010 217,006 656,609 1,012,625 Livingstone Brown 15 235,161 102,043 669,038 1,006,242 J. C. Hughes and Co. 16 67,303 0 877,700 945,003 Turnbull McCarron 17 218,450 67,343 625,396 911,189 Sinclairs 18 81,180 532 763,323 845,035 Milligan Telford and Morrow 19 72,473 29,176 733,594 835,243 Trainor Alston 20 239,036 192,627 381,460 813,123 Total 26,261,814