§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment the Lord Chancellor has made of the effectiveness of community legal service partnerships in promoting increased access to legal advice and assistance. [134520]
§ Mr. LammySince the launch of the CLS in April 2000 more than 200 Community Legal Service Partnerships have been set up, covering more than 99 per cent. of the population of England and Wales. These partnerships have been effective in identifying priority areas of unmet need for legal and advice services in their locality. The extent to which these Partnerships have been effective in getting advice to the right people at the right time will be folly examined by the Independent Review of the CLS, which is due to report in April 2004.