Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
(asked on 14th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applications for legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings have been successful in each year since 2012.
Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings
| Legal help | Civil representation | ||
| Matters completed | Applications | Grants | Proportion granted |
2012-13 | 20,672 | 1,831 | 1,784 | 97% |
2013-14 | 15,047 | 1,545 | 1,471 | 95% |
2014-15 | 16,265 | 1,400 | 1,318 | 94% |
2015-16 | 15,008 | 1,516 | 1,447 | 95% |
2016-17 | 15,595 | 1,376 | 1,213 | 88% |
2017-18 | 15,127 | 1,208 | 1,183 | 98% |
April to December 2018* | 10,353 | 758 | 668 | 88% |
Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings
| Legal Help | Civil Representation | ||
| Matters completed | Applications | Grants | Proportion granted |
2012-13 | 22,739 | 7,257 | 7,027 | 97% |
2013-14 | 19,912 | 7,276 | 7,112 | 98% |
2014-15 | 19,757 | 7,632 | 7,319 | 96% |
2015-16 | 16,984 | 6,852 | 6,665 | 97% |
2016-17 | 16,456 | 6,588 | 6,081 | 92% |
2017-18 | 14,800 | 6,333 | 6,182 | 98% |
April to December 2018* | 9,500 | 4,539 | 4,379 | 96% |
Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings
| Legal Help | Civil Representation | ||
| Matters completed | Applications | Grants | Proportion granted |
2012-13 | 2,460 | 442 | 392 | 89% |
2013-14 | 1,655 | 301 | 291 | 97% |
2014-15 | 1,540 | 325 | 277 | 85% |
2015-16 | 1,053 | 438 | 421 | 96% |
2016-17 | 1,135 | 933 | 843 | 90% |
2017-18 | 998 | 838 | 836 | 100% |
April to December 2018* | 600 | 485 | 444 | 92% |
*(Apr to Dec 2018)
‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.
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