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Legal Aid Scheme

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN HL1528, tabled on 12 September 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of their review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to (1) the number of unrepresented litigants compared to the situation prior to the coming into force of the Act, and (2) the outcomes in cases where litigants are unrepresented in cases relating to housing and family law and the criminal courts; and if so, when.

Answered on

26 September 2017

The Lord Chancellor is currently considering the planned post-implementation review of recent legal aid reforms and will make an announcement in due course.