HC Deb 25 April 2002 vol 384 cc443-4W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how much legal aid has been spent on family related issues since 1997. [51504]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Net expenditure on legal aid in family-related matters since 1997 is as follows:

£ million
1997–98 389.8
1998–99 423.5
1999–2000 1399.8
2000–01 419.4
1 Figures for 1999–2000 do not include the cost of acts of assistance provided under contracting pilot schemes.

Figures are not yet available for the 2001–02 financial year.