Legal Aid Agency: Finance

(asked on 4th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on Legal Aid Agency organisations of not yet publishing the funding agreements for the Legal Aid Agency's contracts, expected to commence from September 2022.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 9th March 2022

It is unclear what is meant by the term funding agreements in this context.

Payment for legal aid work carried out under the current and any future legal aid contracts is subject to the rates and provisions of published legislation, namely:

These regulations are subject to amendment during the life of the contract.

Funding for legal aid is on a demand led basis; the Legal Aid Agency does not have a specific budget allocation for delivery of legal aid services under its contracts.

Details about future legal aid contracts, including current tender opportunities, are published on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/topic/legal-aid-for-providers/tenders.

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