Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many grants of emergency legal aid have been revoked when contributions determined through the legal aid means test were not fulfilled in each year for which information is available.

Applicants for civil legal aid are assessed against the criteria set out in the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) Regulations 2013. Where an offer of legal aid is made subject to the payment of a contribution towards legal fees, this must be accepted in order to receive public funding.

Legal aid is only revoked in such cases where an applicant chooses not to accept an offer of funding when they have already agreed to begin receiving legal aid on an emergency basis, and to make any necessary contribution based on their circumstances which arises in connection with

Civil offers not taken forward: