Legal Aid Scheme: Children and Young People
(asked on 3rd November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children and young people aged 18 to 24 have been granted legal aid under the exceptional care funding mechanism in each year since its introduction.
ECF applications granted1, by age of applicant, April 2013 to June 2017 | ||||||
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| Under 18 | 18-24 |
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2013-142 | 1 | 4 |
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2014-15 | 8 | 20 |
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2015-16 | 13 | 72 |
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2016-17 | 50 | 125 |
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Apr-Jun 2017 | 15 | 34 |
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Total | 87 | 255 |
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1Includes Positive Preliminary View and part-grants |
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2Age was only recorded from October 2013 |
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These figures exclude unknowns, which could contain applicants under 18 or 18-24 years old. Unknowns comprised 18% 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.