Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many civil proceedings legal aid was granted where the applicant was (a) under 18 and (b) 18 to 24, by area of law in each of the last six years.
Figures for the number of civil proceedings where legal aid has been granted for those under 18 and between 18 to 24 are in the attached table, broken down by category of law and financial year since 2011/12.
The number of proceedings granted are shown against the period in which the decision was made and recorded and exclude unknowns, which could contain applicants under 18 or 18-24 years old. Unknowns comprise 3% of all grants in 2013-14 but only between 0% and 1% in other years.