Legal Representation
(asked on 7th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of litigants in person on the court system.
This question was answered on 19th September 2017
Information on numbers of litigants in person is not held centrally.
Unrepresented parties have always been a feature of the civil and family justice system. Since 2015, the Government has invested £5 million of funding to support litigants in person through a range of measures designed to provide additional information, support and guidance.
The Lord Chancellor is currently considering the planned post-implementation review of recent legal aid reforms. An announcement will be made in due course.