Legal Aid Scheme: Children and Young People
(asked on 25th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applicants aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 to 24 have been granted Exceptional Case Funding in each year since 2012-13.
Applications to the Exceptional Case Funding scheme which were granted1, by age of applicant, April 2013 to June 2017 |
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FY application received | Under 18 | 18-24 |
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Apr 2013 - Mar 2014 | 1 | 4 |
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Apr 2014 - Mar 2015 | 8 | 20 |
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Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 | 13 | 72 |
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Apr 2016 - Mar 2017 | 50 | 125 |
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Apr 2017 - Jun 2017 | 15 | 34 |
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1 Granted by 31 August 2017 |
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These figures exclude unknowns, which could contain applicants under 18 or 18-24 years old. Unknowns comprise 17% of all applications in 2013-14 but only between 0% and 2% in each subsequent year. This is because client date of birth was only routinely recorded from October 2013 onwards.
Figures provided are for applications, not applicants. Individuals may submit multiple applications. The ECF scheme began in April 2013 so figures are only available from this date onwards.