| Heading: |
Legal Aid Scheme: Foreign Nationals |
| Question ID: |
1811389 |
| UIN: |
HL8331 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1408 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Swire
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Swire
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total annual cost of providing legal aid to foreign nationals appealing a deportation order or contesting a criminal conviction. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3154 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answer text: |
Information on foreign national offenders contesting a criminal conviction is not centrally held.Expenditure relating to deportation and removal appeals is published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s Official Statistics as part of its ‘detailed civil data... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |