Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees

(asked on 20th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to reinstate legal aid in refugee family reunion cases.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 28th March 2018

Legal aid is not generally available for matters concerning family reunion. Where a case is outside the scope of legal aid, exceptional funding may be available where required under ECHR or EU law.

The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that we shall conduct an evidence-based review of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), assessing the changes against their objectives. This review will include changes made to provision of legal aid for family reunion.

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