Legal Aid Scheme: Immigrants
(asked on 9th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last four years, how much was paid through legal aid to legal professionals advising asylum seekers and immigrants who had been charged with offences.
This question was answered on 20th July 2015
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not record the immigration or asylum status at any stage of the billing or application process for criminal legal aid.