Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers there were in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2010.
LAA Regional Office | 31st March 2010 | 31st March 2011 | 31st March 2012 | 31st March 2013 | 31st March 2014 | 31st March 2015 | 31st March 2016 | 31st March 2017 | 31st March 2018 | 31st October 2018 |
Birmingham | 408 | 426 | 394 | 401 | 380 | 363 | 357 | 337 | 353 | 363 |
Brighton | 269 | 280 | 261 | 255 | 239 | 233 | 219 | 212 | 207 | 212 |
Bristol | 440 | 418 | 372 | 371 | 327 | 323 | 306 | 284 | 279 | 273 |
Cambridge | 378 | 420 | 381 | 365 | 326 | 332 | 302 | 289 | 294 | 280 |
Cardiff | 330 | 363 | 357 | 357 | 336 | 328 | 298 | 283 | 283 | 270 |
Leeds | 409 | 425 | 400 | 392 | 391 | 393 | 389 | 371 | 382 | 395 |
Liverpool | 118 | 130 | 118 | 115 | 114 | 113 | 106 | 101 | 100 | 102 |
London | 859 | 939 | 917 | 907 | 937 | 898 | 864 | 805 | 811 | 841 |
Manchester | 495 | 543 | 500 | 479 | 460 | 449 | 422 | 392 | 397 | 386 |
Newcastle | 245 | 265 | 242 | 234 | 226 | 225 | 209 | 197 | 189 | 189 |
Nottingham | 293 | 313 | 276 | 271 | 268 | 267 | 258 | 237 | 243 | 235 |
Reading | 241 | 265 | 251 | 244 | 219 | 219 | 211 | 200 | 198 | 194 |
Grand Total | 4,485 | 4,787 | 4,469 | 4,391 | 4,223 | 4,143 | 3,941 | 3,708 | 3,736 | 3,740 |