Law Centres

(asked on 5th July 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Richard Burgon Portrait
Richard Burgon
(Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what records his Department holds on the number of cases started by law centres in each year since 2010.

Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
This question was answered on 15th July 2019

LAA office

Financial Year

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20 as at July

Birmingham

54

39

33

27

24

17

16

17

18

11

Brighton

32

20

21

19

20

14

15

14

11

10

Bristol

57

41

39

25

22

16

16

15

10

10

Cambridge

60

54

47

24

22

18

16

14

12

9

Cardiff

55

55

56

36

36

33

30

30

29

29

Leeds

49

37

35

28

30

25

30

26

26

13

Liverpool

22

20

19

16

15

13

13

13

14

10

London

98

78

74

98

101

80

80

74

76

68

Manchester

79

73

69

66

63

52

47

44

38

27

Newcastle

33

30

25

15

15

10

8

8

11

5

Nottingham

39

33

25

30

33

31

30

30

31

16

Reading

18

15

13

11

16

11

10

10

9

5

Grand Total

596

495

456

395

397

320

311

295

285

213

The above table shows the number of not-for-profit solicitor offices located in each region as defined by the Legal Aid Agency, proximate to the area of England and Wales covered by each LAA office. Note that the LAA commissions services on a ‘Procurement Area’ basis. Procurement Areas have been developed based on various local factors; not all can be compared on a like-for-like basis.

Individuals are able to access legal advice and services from any provider holding a legal aid contract, this includes from approved legal advice providers located locally or nearby regions.

The Legal Aid Agency keeps availability of legal support under constant review and takes urgent action whenever it has concerns.

We spent £1.6 billion on legal aid last year and in addition to the Civil Legal Advice Telephone service, we are investing £5m in innovative technologies to help people access legal support wherever they are.

Financial Year

Law Centre Starts

2010-2011

31,353

2011-2012

32,092

2012-2013

24,528

2013-2014

14,948

2014-2015

15,327

2015-2016

13,243

2016-2017

12,752

2017-2018

11,895

2018-2019

11,106

The above figures show both New Matter Starts opened under the Civil Legal Help scheme, and cases which commenced receiving a legal aid certificate under the Civil Representation scheme by Law Centres in each year. Figures for Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme Work are absent for the years 2010-2011, 2011-2012 & 2012-2013, as a breakdown of that work is not available in the format that has been requested.

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