Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid in domestic violence cases were (a) granted and (b) refused in (i) the last full financial year before the provisions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into force and (ii) in each financial year since those provisions came into force.
This Government is exceptionally clear that where people have suffered or are suffering from domestic violence, legal aid must be available to help them break free from the abusive relationship.
Official statistics on legal aid are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics