| Heading: |
Legal Aid Scheme |
| Question ID: |
1813188 |
| UIN: |
60368 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5121 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Henry Tufnell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Henry Tufnell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Legal Aid Agency is taking to engage with local legal aid providers to increase legal aid provision. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
It is vital that those who need legal aid—some of the most vulnerable people in our society—can access it wherever they live.The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) monitors provider numbers in each procurement area and across all categories of law. It takes operation... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |